Mass
(also mass), n
1 [C, U] celebration of Christ's Last Supper, esp in the Roman Catholic Church 彌撒: go to Mass 望彌撒
hear Mass 聽彌撒 * High Mass, ie with incense, music and much ceremony 大彌撒(包括燒香、 奏樂和許多儀式)
The priest says two Masses each day. 那牧師每天作兩次彌撒.
2 [C] musical setting for this 彌撒曲
Beethoven's Mass in D 貝多芬的D大調彌撒曲.
mass n
1 [C] ~ (of sth)
(a) quantity of matter without a regular shape 團; 塊; 堆
There were masses of dark clouds in the sky. 天上有朵朵烏云.
The flowers made a mass of colour against the stone wall. 以石墻襯托著的花朵五彩繽紛.
A mass of snow and rock broke away and fell on the climbers. 一堆積雪和巖石突然崩落到登山者的身上.
(b) large number 大量; 大批; 眾多
a mass of spectators 大批觀眾
She elbowed her way through the masses of tourists. 她用胳膊肘開路從游客中擠了過去.
(infml 口) I got masses of cards on my birthday. 我生日的那天收到了很多賀卡.
2 [attrib 作定語]
involving/of a large number of people 群眾的; 人數極多的: mass education 群眾教育
a mass meeting, walk-out, audience 群眾大會、 大批退席、 廣大聽眾
mass murder/a mass murderer 大屠殺[大屠殺的劊子手].
3 [U] (physics 物) quantity of matter in a body, measured by its resistance to acceleration by a force (ie its inertia) (物體的)質量(即其慣性的大小). => App 11 見附錄11.
4 the masses [pl]
ordinary working-class people, esp as seen by political leaders or thinkers 勞動者階層(尤指政治領導人或思想家所指的勞動群眾)
a revolutionary who urged the masses to overthrow the government 鼓動群眾推翻政府的革命者.
5 [sing] the ~ of the majority of (people) 大多數的(人)
The mass of workers do not want this strike. 大多數工人不愿舉行這次罷工.
6 (idm 習語) be a mass of sth be full of or covered with sth 充滿; 布滿
The garden was a mass of colour. 花園里的景色五彩繽紛.
His face was a mass of bruises after the fight. 他打完架後臉上青一塊紫一塊的. in the `mass (fml 文) as a whole 總體上; 總的說來
She says she doesn't like children in the mass. 她說從總體上講她不喜歡孩子. mass, v [I, Ipr, Tn, Tn.pr]
assemble/gather (sb/sth) into a mass 集結, 集合(某人[某物])
clouds massing on the horizon 地平線處積聚的云彩
The general massed his troops for a final attack. 該將軍把部隊集結起來發動最後的攻擊.
the massed pipes and bands of several regiments 從幾個團集合起來的管樂器和管樂隊.
?? 考研助記
馬(m)和驢(ass) 大量 集合 一 團亂麻(ma),絲絲(ss)相連
?? 擴展釋義
*[m?s]n. 塊, 大多數, 質量, 大量, 群眾, 彌撒a. 群眾的, 大規模的, 整個的vt. 使集合, 集中vi. 聚集【化】 質量【醫】 質, 物質, 塊, 丸塊, 團, 質量【經】 大量, 集體, 群眾相關詞組: in the mass be a mass of