5N-COUNT (尤指无固定形状的)块,堆,团 A mass of a solid substance, a liquid, or a gas is an amount of it, especially a large amount which has no definite shape. (尤指无固定形状的)块,堆,团
...before it cools and sets into a solid mass.
在它冷却成为固态之前
The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble. [+ of]
这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
...the strong temperature difference between the two masses of air.
6N-PLURAL (与领导或受过高等教育的人相对的)普通老百姓,民众,平民大众 If you talk about the masses, you mean the ordinary people in society, in contrast to the leaders or the highly educated people. (与领导或受过高等教育的人相对的)普通老百姓,民众,平民大众
His music is commercial. It is aimed at the masses.
他的音乐走商业化路线,针对的是一般大众。
This issue has aroused much resentment among the masses.
这个问题在民众中间引起了强烈的不满。
...appealing to the middle class and business as well as the masses.
符合中产阶级、商务人士和普通百姓的需要
7N-SING (民众中的)大部分,大多数The mass of people are most of the people in a country, society, or group. (民众中的)大部分,大多数
The 1939-45 world war involved the mass of the population. [+ of]
1939至1945年间的世界大战使大多数民众卷入其中。
Schools allowed the mass of children to leave school at 16 with poor qualifications.
12N-VAR 弥撒(尤指天主教或东正教的圣餐仪式,以此纪念耶稣基督的最后的晚餐)Mass is a Christian church ceremony, especially in a Roman Catholic or Orthodox church, during which people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ. 弥撒(尤指天主教或东正教的圣餐仪式,以此纪念耶稣基督的最后的晚餐)
She attended a convent school and went to Mass each day.
她上的是教会学校,每天都去做弥撒。
13N-COUNT 弥撒曲 A Mass is a piece of music which uses the prayers from the Christian ceremony of Mass as the words that are sung. 弥撒曲
mass communication, mass destruction, mass evacuation, mass execution, mass exodus, mass grave, mass hysteria, mass killings, mass layoffs, mass mailing, mass migration, mass protest, mass unemployment4
1large amount/number of sth大量ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, huge, large, vast巨大的一團;龐大的一團▸➤broad大量;大宗;大多數◇Their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population.他們的政策受到廣大民眾的歡迎。➤shapeless無形的一堆◇When I washed the sweater, it just turned into a shapeless mass.這件毛衣我洗了以後就不成形了。➤compact, dense, solid密實的一堆;緊密的一團;結實的一塊➤land陸塊◇the first women to cross Antarctica's land mass on foot首次徒步穿越南極大陸的女性➤chaotic亂糟糟的一堆◇a chaotic mass of ideas亂糟糟的一堆想法➤swirling打旋的一團◇a swirling mass of shadows一團打着旋的影子➤tangled纏結不清的一團◇a tangled mass of hair一團亂髮PREPOSITION➤mass of一團⋯◇a dense mass of smoke一團濃煙➤masses of (informal) 大量的⋯◇There were masses of people at the concert.音樂會上人山人海。PHRASES➤the huddled masses, the unwashed masses (= large numbers of poor people)飢寒交迫的民眾;貧苦之眾◇the image of America with arms open wide to the world's huddled masses向全世界飢寒交迫的人們敞開懷抱的美國形象mass
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2MassChristian ceremony基督教儀式ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤Catholic, requiem天主教/安魂彌撒➤midnight, Sunday午夜/主日彌撒VERB + MASS➤attend, go to, hear參加/去做/聆聽彌撒◇She never failed to attend Sunday Mass.她從未缺席主日彌撒。➤celebrate, offer, say主持彌撒;做彌撒◇The local priest celebrates Mass in the church.當地牧師在教堂主持彌撒。PREPOSITION➤mass for為⋯做的彌撒◇a requiem mass for the sailors who drowned為淹死的水手舉行的安魂彌撒mass
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3 (technical術語) quantity of material質量ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASSADJECTIVE➤atomic, molecular原子/分子質量➤body, bone, muscle身重;骨量;肌肉質量◇Calcium deficiency can lead to low bone mass in adolescent girls.鈣缺乏可能導致少女骨量低。➤critical足夠的數量◇The product has to be good enough to achieve a critical mass of customers. (figurative) 產品必須足夠好才能吸引到足夠數量的顧客。VERB + MASS➤measure測質量➤add, gain增加質量◇Bodybuilders trying to gain muscle mass eat a lot of protein.想要增加肌肉質量的健身者需要攝入大量蛋白質。
mass verb ⇨meet1mass noun ⇨general public (cheap transport for the masses)⇨pile (a mass of snow and rocks)⇨weight (the mass of a planet)mass adj. ⇨wide1