cast off

• 短语动词，表示扔掉、抛弃或摆脱某人或某物，也指解开缆绳使船离岸。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of discarding, abandoning, or releasing something or someone, or to set a boat free from its moorings.

不可数 · 不规则动词 · 及物和不及物 · 短语动词，可分

1. Discard or get rid offormal

   To remove or throw away something that is no longer wanted or needed.

   抛弃

   • She cast off her old clothes and bought new ones.
   • The company cast off its outdated policies.
   • He cast off all his doubts and made a decision.

   同义词abandondiscarddispose ofditchdropdumpeliminateget rid ofjettisonscrapshedthrow away

   反义词cherishholdkeepretain

2. Untie a boatformal

   To release a boat from its moorings so it can sail away.

   解开船缆

   • The sailors cast off the ropes and set sail.
   • We cast off from the dock at dawn.
   • He cast off the mooring line and pushed the boat away.

   同义词let golooseuntie

   反义词anchordockmoortie

3. In knittingformal

   To finish a piece of knitting by securing the final stitches.

   收针

   • She cast off the last row of her sweater.
   • The pattern says to cast off loosely.
   • He cast off the stitches and cut the yarn.

   同义词bind off

基本动词cast