- 抛弃；摆脱；与…断绝关系，否认…与自己有关：
Mr Brown cast off his daughter when she married an old rich man.
布朗先生的女儿嫁给一位年老的富翁后，布朗先生与她断绝了父女关系。
The people rose, casting off the chains of unjust rule.
人民摆脱了暴政的枷锁，站起来了。
He has cast off his idea of going abroad.
他已放弃出国的打算。
- 使自由，释放；把…放开：
He cast off his dog at once.
他立刻把猎狗放出去。
- 解开(缆绳等)；放开(船)；开航：
They cast off their boat yesterday morning.
他们昨天上午解缆启航。
- 【编织】收针：
At the end of the row, cast off seven stitches.
在这行的结尾收七针。
- 脱下…一丢；搁置一边；脱掉(衣服)：
Now the hard winter has gone, we can cast off our winter clothing.
严冬已过，现在我们可以把冬天的衣服脱掉收起来了。
- 蜕(皮)；脱落：
The snake cast off its old skin.
这条蛇蜕了旧皮。
- 【印刷】(根据原稿)推算(或估计)版面页(或行)数：
I've cast off your book and think it will come to about 150 pages when it's printed.
我已经对你的书估计了篇幅，印好时将有150页左右。