English Dictionary

cast off

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 歴史的

(transitive) To discard or reject something. / (transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

日本語の意味

捨てる、破棄する、放棄する / （船が）係留のために使われたロープやケーブルを放す

She decided to cast off the outdated rules that hindered innovation.

彼女はイノベーションを妨げる古い規則を捨てることにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To discard or reject something.

However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive, nautical) To let go (a cable or rope securing a vessel to a buoy, wharf, etc.) so that the vessel may make way.

意味（3）

(intransitive, knitting) To finish the last row of knitted stitches and remove them securely from the needle.

意味（4）

(printing, historical) To estimate the amount of space required by the type used for the given copy.

To conserve type, copy was cast off; that is, type needed for the initial pages was estimated so that the pages need not be composed in the same sequence as the copy.

casts off （ present singular third-person ）

casting off （ participle present ）

cast off （ past ）

casted off （ past ）

cast off （ participle past ）