单词详解 | caster

caster
音标
美音:/ˈkæstər/,英音:/ˈkɑːstə(r)/

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Otherwise, when I see a recipe call for superfine — often in those of British origin, where it may be listed as caster sugar — I just use granulated.
否则,当我看到一份要求超细的食谱时——通常是在英国原产地的食谱中,它可能被列为细砂糖——我只使用颗粒状的。
Washington Post

Using an electric hand-held mixer, beat in the caster sugar, then the eggs one by one, beating well with each addition.
使用手持式电动搅拌机,先加入砂糖,然后一个一个地打入鸡蛋,每次加入都打得很好。
The Guardian

The mahogany table on brass casters, which she plans to keep forever, was delivered a few days later in the back of an SUV.
几天后,她打算永远保留这张带黄铜脚轮的桃花心木桌子,放在一辆 SUV 的后座上。
Washington Post

基本释意
noun
a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
n. 铸工;脚轮;投手;调味瓶

同义词
castor,castor

短释义

长释义

文学例句
And the scenery, which turns out to be highly mobile, has been mounted on casters, since it takes a well-oiled set of wheels to keep up with the velocity of rumor.
场景被证明是高度可移动的,它被安装在脚轮上,因为它需要一组润滑良好的轮子才能跟上谣言的速度。
‘Seagull’ and ‘Sense and Sensibility,’ From Bedlam Company by Ben Brantley

So it goes in this season of renewal, of touching up scenery and replacing casters on turntables.
因此,在这个更新、修饰布景和更换转盘上的脚轮的季节里也是如此。
How Broadway’s set-making guru is tackling the comeback — from mold in stage fog to costumes that don’t fit anymore by ???

“Well, yes, you know, a fortune-teller. A caster of spells and curses.”
“嗯,是的,你知道,一个算命先生。咒语和诅咒的施法者。”
Moon Over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool

词源
caster (n.1)also sometimes castor, “person or thing that casts,” late 14c., agent noun from cast (v.). The meaning “pepper shaker, small perforated container” is from 1670s, on the notion of something that “throws” the powder, liquid, etc., when needed.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
施法者 (n.1) 有时也称为施法者,“施法的人或物”,14 世纪后期,施法者名词来自施法者 (v.)。 “胡椒瓶,带孔的小容器”的意思来自 1670 年代,意思是在需要时“抛出”粉末、液体等的东西。相关条目及更多


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