class
n
1
(a) [CGp] group of people at the same social or economic level 階級; 階層; 社會等級
the working/middle/upper class 工人階級[中產階級/上層社會]
the professional class(es) 專業階層.
(b) [U] system that divides people into such groups 階級制度
[attrib 作定語]
class differences, distinctions, divisions, etc 階級差別、 界限、 劃分.
2
(a) [CGp] group of students taught together 班級
We were in the same class at school. 我們上學時在同一班.
Form 4 is/are a difficult class to teach. 四年級很難教.
(b) [C] occasion when this group meets to be taught; lesson 上課; 課
I have a maths class at 9 o'clock. 我9點鐘有數學課.
(c) [CGp] (US) group of students who finish their studies at school or university in a particular year (畢業生的)同屆
the class of '82 1982年屆.
3 [C] set of people, animals or things grouped together, esp according to quality 級, 等, 等級, 種類(尤指按質量劃分的)
As an actress Jane is not in the same class as (ie is not as good as) Susan. 作為演員, 簡不如蘇珊.
[attrib 作定語]
a top-class athlete 一流運動員.
4 [U] (infml 口) high quality; excellence; distinction 高質量; 優秀; 優異
She's got (a lot of) class. 她(實在)很有氣質.
[attrib 作定語]
a class (tennis) player 優秀(網球)運動員.
5 [C] (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) one of several different levels of comfort, etc available to travellers in a train, plane, bus, etc (火車、 飛機、 公共汽車等的)等級: first class
tourist class * [attrib 作定語]
a second-class compartment, eg on a train.
6 [C] (Brit) (esp in compounds 尤用以構成復合詞) one of several grades of achievement in a university degree examination (大學學位考試成績的)等級
a first- third-class (honours) degree.
7 [C] (biology 生) second highest group into which animals and plants are divided, below a phylum and including several orders (order1 9) (動植物分類的)綱. Cf 參看 family 4, genus 1, species. 1.
8 (idm 習語) in a class of one's/its `own; in a class by one`self/it`self better than everyone/anything else of his/its kind; unequalled 獨一無二; 無以倫比
Pele was in a class of his own as a footballer. 貝利是舉世無雙的足球健將. class, v [Tn, Cn.n/a]
~ sb/sth (as sth) place sb/sth in a class(1b); classify sb/sth 將某人[某事物]歸入某類; 把...分類
Immigrant workers were classed as resident aliens. 移民來的工人已歸入外僑類.
?? 擴展釋義
*[klɑ:s]n. 班級, 階級, 種類, 課vt. 分類【計】 類別; 類; 種類; 類程【醫】 綱(分類)【經】 等級, 種類; 把...分類(分等級)相關詞組: no class in class out of class
?? 醫學釋義
等級,種類
?? 同詞根單詞
clickn. 喀噠聲;爪,掣子;[計](鼠標)點擊;[語言學]吸氣音;
vt. 使發出喀噠聲;
vi. 發出喀噠聲;極成功;合得來,一見如;[計]鼠擊;
clinchvi. (尤指兩人)互相緊緊抱[扭]住;
vt. <非正>解決(爭端、交易),達成(協議);敲彎;
n. 鉗子,夾子;敲彎;