| 释义 |
- n.质量；群众；大量；块
- v.聚集；集结
- adj.大批的；数量极多的；广泛的
- 网络弥撒；大众；团
复数：masses 过去分词：massed 现在分词：massing adj.+n. Mass destruction,Mass unemployment,Mass consumption,Mass support,Mass immigration n. form,figure,frame,physique,build 1. | [c] ~ (of sth) 团；块；堆a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape or form |
| a mass of snow and rocks falling down the mountain 从山上滚下来的一堆积雪和石块 | | The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance. 远远地看去，那座山是黑魆魆一片。 | | The sky was full of dark masses of clouds. 天空中乌云密布。 |
2. | [c][ususing] ~ of sth 大量；许多a large amount or quantity of sth |
| a mass of blonde hair 一头金发 | | I began sifting through the mass of evidence. 我开始认真筛选大量的证据。 |
3. | [sing] ~ of sth （常指混乱的）一群，一堆a large number of people or things grouped together, often in a confused way |
| I struggled through the mass of people to the exit. 我在人群里挤来挤去，挤到了出口处。 | | The page was covered with a mass of figures. 纸上写满了密密麻麻的数字。 |
4. | [pl] (informal) ~ (of sth) 大量的东西a large number or amount of sth |
| There were masses of people in the shops yesterday. 昨天商店里人如潮涌。 | | I've got masses of work to do. 我有一大堆的工作要做。 | | Don't give me any more. I've eaten masses! 别再给我了，我已经吃了很多了！ |
5. | [pl] 群众；平民百姓the ordinary people in society who are not leaders or who are considered to be not very well educated |
| government attempts to suppress dissatisfaction among the masses 政府试图压制群众不满情绪的做法 | | a TV programme that brings science to the masses 普及科学知识的电视节目 |
6. | [sing] 大多数；多数the most; the majority |
| The reforms are unpopular with the mass of teachers and parents. 大多数教师和家长并不赞成这些改革。 |
7. | [u] 质量the quantity of material that sth contains |
| calculating the mass of a planet 计算一个行星的质量 |
IDM | The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June. 六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。 | | Her arm was a mass of bruises. 她的胳膊上伤痕累累。 |
be a mass of 充满；布满to be full of or covered with sth | The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June. 六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。 | | Her arm was a mass of bruises. 她的胳膊上伤痕累累。 |
1. | [obn] 大批的；数量极多的；广泛的affecting or involving a large number of people or things |
| mass unemployment/production 大批失业；批量生产 | | weapons of mass destruction 大规模杀伤性武器 | | Their latest product is aimed at the mass market . 他们的最新产品瞄准了大众市场。 |
1. | [i][t] 集结；聚集to come together in large numbers; to gather people or things together in large numbers |
| Demonstrators had massed outside the embassy. 示威者聚集在大使馆的外面。 | | Dark clouds massed on the horizon. 天边乌云密布。 | | The general massed his troops for a final attack. 将军把军队都集中起来准备发动最后的进攻。 |
n. | 1. in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches, the religious ceremony of Communion 2. a body of matter that forms a whole but has no definable shape 3. a part of the text of a Roman Catholic Mass set to music, to be sung by a choir 4. a collection of many individual parts 5. a large but unspecified number or quantity 6. the greater part or majority 7. the property of an object that is a measure of its inertia, the amount of matter it contains, and its influence in a gravitational field. 8. a large area of a painting where the light, shade, or colour is uniform 9. an irregular deposit of ore that does not occur in veins 10. a lump or amount of a substance that does not have a clear or definite shape 1. in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches, the religious ceremony of Communion 2. a body of matter that forms a whole but has no definable shape 3. a part of the text of a Roman Catholic Mass set to music, to be sung by a choir 4. a collection of many individual parts 5. a large but unspecified number or quantity 6. the greater part or majority 7. the property of an object that is a measure of its inertia, the amount of matter it contains, and its influence in a gravitational field. 8. a large area of a painting where the light, shade, or colour is uniform 9. an irregular deposit of ore that does not occur in veins 10. a lump or amount of a substance that does not have a clear or definite shape | np. | 1. ordinary people in society, as distinct from people who are rich or powerful 2. ordinary people in society, as distinct from political leaders, aristocracy, or educated people 3. large amounts or large numbers | v. | 1. to gather things in a mass, or be gathered in a mass 2. to come together and form a large group 3. form or collect into a mass | adj. | 1. made up of or containing a large number 2. broadly general, in scope or effect 3. involving or affecting a large number of people |
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