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