【 以下文字转载自 WaterWorld 讨论区 】 发信人: ldy (我不是老大爷), 信区: WaterWorld 标 题: 论金山词霸和有道里的《柯林斯双解》词典的失败之处 发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Thu Jul 25 16:30:08 2013, 美东) 我们来看"cast"这个词,这个词是google今天刚推出的用电视看视频的小设备,叫 chromecast,刚一出来amazon上就被预定一空。 这个玩意的大概意思就是你在手机或者tablet上找到的视频,比如youtube或者netflix ,想在电视上放,那你只要一点cast那个按钮,就自动传到电视上开始播放了。 那么这里的cast是什么意思呢?如果你不太清楚,去查金山词霸或者有道词典,首先映 入眼帘的是这几条解释: 1. N-COUNT-COLL 可数集合名词(戏剧、电影的)全体演员 The cast of a play or film is all the people who act in it. The show is very amusing and the cast are very good. 演出妙趣横生,演员的表演也很出彩。 2. VERB 动词挑选(演员);使…出演(某角色) To cast an actor in a play or film means to choose them to act a particular role in it. 【语法信息】:V n in/as n 【语法信息】:V nThe world premiere of Harold Pinter's new play casts Ian Holm in the lead role... 哈罗德·品特新剧的世界首演由伊恩·霍尔姆担纲主演。 He was cast as a college professor... 他被安排饰演一个大学教授。 He had no trouble casting the movie. 他为该部电影挑选演员没费一点力气。 casting The film could have done without the casting of the director's daughter in a central role. 其实,当初完全可以不选导演的女儿出演这部电影的关键角色。 ... the casting director of Ealing film studios. 伊灵制片公司负责挑选演员的导演 3. VERB 动词描述;描写;描绘 To cast someone in a particular way or as a particular thing means to describe them in that way or suggest they are that thing. 【语法信息】:V n as/in n 【语法信息】:V pron-refl as/in nDemocrats have been worried about being cast as the party of the poor... 民主党人一直 担心被描绘成穷人的政党。 Holland would never dare cast himself as a virtuoso pianist. 霍兰永远不敢说自己是位钢琴名家。 。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。。 看到这里你就晕了,这跟把视频传到电视上有什么关系呢? 但如果你不是用《柯林斯》这样的ESL学习型词典,而是用英语母语人士常用的词典, 比如dictionary.com上的Random House词典,或者m-w的webster词典, 那么第一条解 释肯定是cast这个词的最基本意思:扔,投。(这些母语词典往往是按照词意的历史顺 序进行排列,最早出现的意思放在前面) cast [kast, kahst] Show IPA verb, cast, cast·ing, noun, adjective verb ( used with object) 1. to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice. 于是你很快就明白cast这个按钮的含义了:就是把手机上的画面给“扔”到电视上嘛! 仔细想想,像《柯林斯》这样的给外国人编的学习型词典之所以把演员之类的引申含 义列在第一条,肯定是因为日常生活中这些含义出现的次数最多。但是这样对我们真正 彻底地深刻地、灵活地理解一个单词的意思,反而起到了不好的作用!想想我们说中文 的时候,也经常会有一些字词的本意反而不常用、引申义反而常用的现象,但是我们脑 子里理解这个词的时候,是以本意为基础进行延伸的。正因为有这样的过程,我们有时 候甚至会自己给词语“发明”出新的含义,因为我们对它的本意太熟悉了,所以可以把 这个词用“活”。 而且,只有当你深刻理解了一个词的本意,你才能对它的引申义到底是怎么引申出来的 这个内在逻辑有一个理解。这样其实你就不用去把一个词所有的释义都背下来,只要掌 握一个核心含义,其他都能用“理解”而不是“背”的方法记住。尤其是对于有些含义 特别多的常见词,比如pull, pop, roll这样一个单词有10、20多个释义的。 因此建议大家尽可能多用母语词典,或者是中国人编的权威的英汉词典,比如《新英汉 词典》、《21世纪大英汉词典》,因为这些词典一般都是以webster等权威母语词典为 蓝本而编篡的!同时,在掌握了一定词汇量的基础上,尽量少用牛津高阶、朗文当代这 样的特意给外国人编的ESL词典。
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary cast 1 cast (LOOK) /kɑːst/ US /kæst/ cast a look/glance/smile/etc. to look/smile/etc. in a particular direction: She cast a quick look in the rear mirror. cast 2 cast (THROW) /kɑːst/ US /kæst/ verb cast, cast 1 [T + adverb or preposition] LITERARY to throw something: The knight cast the sword far out into the lake. 2 [T] (in fishing) to throw something, such as a line, into the water to catch fish with: He cast the line to the middle of the river.
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary 1cast 1 n. Pronunciation: 'kast Function: verb Inflected Form: cast ; cast·ing Etymology: Middle English, from Old Norse kasta; akin to Old Norse kỏs heap Date: 13th century transitive verb 1 a : to cause to move or send forth by throwing dice> b : DIRECT c (1) : to put forth warm glow> (2) : to place as if by throwing < cast doubt on their reliability> d : to deposit (a ballot) formally e (1) : to throw off or away (2) : to get rid of : DISCARD < cast off all restraint> (3) : SHED, MOLT (4) : to bring forth especially : to give birth to prematurely f : to throw to the ground especially in wrestling g : to build by throwing up earth 2 a (1) : to perform arithmetical operations on : ADD (2) : to calculate by means of astrology b archaic : DECIDE, INTEND 3 a : to dispose or arrange into parts or into a suitable form or order b (1 ) : to assign the parts of (a dramatic production) to actors (2) : to assign (as an actor) to a role or part role> 4 a : to give a shape to (a substance) by pouring in liquid or plastic form into a mold and letting harden without pressure b : to form by this process