cast off

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++→ See Verb tableˈcast-off adjective [only before noun]  CLOTHEScast-off clothes or other goods are not wanted or have been thrown away 〔衣服或东西〕被丢弃的，废弃的

Examples from the Corpus

cast-off• Tomorrow Hari would go to Ma Popits first thing and see what cast-off clothing she could buy for young Will.• It was a cast-off fireman's jacket he was wearing.• According to tradition, Mattia entered the convent chapel, cut off her hair, and donned a cast-off habit.• One such offer was from a theme park in Dogpatch, Arkansas, which is devoted to cast-off metal monuments.• Then she sees Rainbow's cast-off shirt at the foot of the stairs, tangled in a heap with Anya's jeans.

ˈcast-off adjectiveChineseSyllable  

other or clothes goods are cast-off Corpus not

cast off

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cast off  → cast off at cast1(PHRASAL VERB)

cast off  

cast off
cast off phrasal verb (see also cast)
1. to untie the rope that fastens your boat to the shore so that you can sail away
2. cast somebody/something ↔ off literary to remove or get rid of something or someone that you no longer want or need:
    His family had cast him off without a penny.
3. to finish a piece of knitting by removing the stitches from the needle to make an edge that will not come undone
    cast something ↔ off
    Cast off four stitches.

●ˌcast ˈoff●ˌcast sth↔ˈoffto undo the ropes that are holding a boat in a fixed position, in order to sail away 解缆；解（船）；解缆出航(in knitting 编织) to remove stitches from the needles in a way that forms an edge that will not come undone 收针