Definition of central casting in English:

central casting

noun

North American trademark

An agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles.
〈主北美〉演员（或角色）选派部（为电影中的小角色，通常是老套或某类型的小角色，选派演员的机构或部门）
Lynch is a mild, methodical guy, a bureaucrat from central casting
林奇是个性情温和、办事有条不紊的小伙，由演员选派部选送，扮演一个官僚的角色。
a couple of hammy doctors straight from central casting
Example sentencesExamples
- She seemed to have been sent from central casting.
- They weren't - I didn't get them from central casting, no matter what you've read.
- It hurts that his character is a rich suburban dad from central casting, written as flat as possible in order to maximize the contrast with his explosive moment of violence.
- I had no desire to be someone out of central casting for the current hit movie The Forty Year Old Virgin.
- The baddies are right out of central casting, eccentric to the hilt.

Origin

1920s: from the name of the US organization Central Casting Corporation.

Definition of central casting in US English:

central casting

noun

North American trademark

An agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles.
〈主北美〉演员（或角色）选派部（为电影中的小角色，通常是老套或某类型的小角色，选派演员的机构或部门）
Lynch is a mild, methodical guy, a bureaucrat from central casting
林奇是个性情温和、办事有条不紊的小伙，由演员选派部选送，扮演一个官僚的角色。
a couple of hammy doctors straight from central casting
Example sentencesExamples
- She seemed to have been sent from central casting.
- It hurts that his character is a rich suburban dad from central casting, written as flat as possible in order to maximize the contrast with his explosive moment of violence.
- The baddies are right out of central casting, eccentric to the hilt.
- They weren't - I didn't get them from central casting, no matter what you've read.
- I had no desire to be someone out of central casting for the current hit movie The Forty Year Old Virgin.

Origin

1920s: from the name of the US organization Central Casting Corporation.

词汇	central casting
释义	Definition of central casting in English: central casting noun North American trademark An agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles. 〈主北美〉演员（或角色）选派部（为电影中的小角色，通常是老套或某类型的小角色，选派演员的机构或部门） Lynch is a mild, methodical guy, a bureaucrat from central casting 林奇是个性情温和、办事有条不紊的小伙，由演员选派部选送，扮演一个官僚的角色。 a couple of hammy doctors straight from central casting Example sentencesExamples She seemed to have been sent from central casting. They weren't - I didn't get them from central casting, no matter what you've read. It hurts that his character is a rich suburban dad from central casting, written as flat as possible in order to maximize the contrast with his explosive moment of violence. I had no desire to be someone out of central casting for the current hit movie The Forty Year Old Virgin. The baddies are right out of central casting, eccentric to the hilt. Origin 1920s: from the name of the US organization Central Casting Corporation. Definition of central casting in US English: central casting noun North American trademark An agency or department that supplies actors for minor, usually stereotypical or generic film roles. 〈主北美〉演员（或角色）选派部（为电影中的小角色，通常是老套或某类型的小角色，选派演员的机构或部门） Lynch is a mild, methodical guy, a bureaucrat from central casting 林奇是个性情温和、办事有条不紊的小伙，由演员选派部选送，扮演一个官僚的角色。 a couple of hammy doctors straight from central casting Example sentencesExamples She seemed to have been sent from central casting. It hurts that his character is a rich suburban dad from central casting, written as flat as possible in order to maximize the contrast with his explosive moment of violence. The baddies are right out of central casting, eccentric to the hilt. They weren't - I didn't get them from central casting, no matter what you've read. I had no desire to be someone out of central casting for the current hit movie The Forty Year Old Virgin. Origin 1920s: from the name of the US organization Central Casting Corporation.
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