central casting

noun
🔊/ˌsentrəl ˈkɑːstɪŋ/
🔊/ˌsentrəl ˈkæstɪŋ/
[uncountable]
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  1. a company or a department that supplies actors, usually for small, stereotypical film roles角色分派中心(通常分派模式化次要电影角色的公司或部门)
    • (figurative) He looked like an absent-minded professor straight out of central casting.他看起来就像径直从角色分派中心走出来的心不在焉的教授。