- 音同異義配對學詞匯
- 趙榮德
- 454字
- 2021-05-13 10:57:23
41 wear a cast, a reliable indication of caste
Henry:今天談甚麼?
趙Sir:Cast和caste的讀音相同而串法亦只差一個字,你知道它們的意思嗎?
Henry:Cast是電影中的演出人員,而caste則是印度社會一個階層。
趙Sir:全中!先談cast。Cast用作名詞(noun)有三個意思:
一、“演員陣容”,例如:
The play has a cast of four.
(該劇總共有四名演員。)
She was a member of the cast of “The Sound of Music” for years.
(她擔任“仙樂飄飄處處聞”的演員已有幾年。)
二、“(固定骨折的)石膏”,例如:
She broke her arm skiing and had to wear a cast.
(她滑雪時手臂跌斷了,只好打上石膏。)
三、“氣質、神情”,例如:
His face had a slightly greenish cast.
(他臉色稍微泛青。)
動詞(verb)cast也有三個意思:
一、“選角”,例如:
She was tired of always being cast as a sex symbol.
(她對總是飾演性感角色感到厭煩。)
二、“投以(眼光)”,例如:
She cast an impatient look at Michael, and stormed out of the room.
(她很不耐煩地看了米高一眼,然後衝出了房間。)
三、“鑄造”,例如:
The Roden sculptures are cast in Bronze.
(羅丹的塑像都是用青銅鑄造的。)
Henry:這是藝術作品。Caste又如何?
趙Sir:Caste是“(印度社會的)種姓”,例如:
Neither clothes nor profession is a reliable indication of caste.
(衣著和職業都不是種姓的可靠標誌。)
Henry:相信只有印度人才知道了!