mass是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a large amount -- 大量的；大規模的；大批的

  • weapons of mass destruction 大規模毀滅性武器

  • a mass murderer 殺人狂

  • mass starvation 饑荒成災

  • Opposition groups plan to stage mass demonstrations all over the country. 反對組織計劃在全國發起大規模遊行示威。

• 1 a large amount of something that has no particular shape or arrangement -- 大量；大批；眾多

  • The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble. 爆炸使教堂變成一堆瓦礫。

  • The forest is a mass of colour in autumn. 秋季的森林色彩斑斕。

  • [ + to infinitive ] I've got masses to do at the weekend. 我週末有許多事要做。

  • There were masses of people in town today. 今天城裡人很多。

  • The mass of the people support the reforms. 大多數人支持改革。

• 2 a solid lump with no clear shape -- 團，塊，堆

  • The sauce was now a sticky mass at the bottom of the pan. 醬汁現在成了黏稠的一團，黏在平底鍋鍋底。

• 3 the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society -- 群眾，平民

  • He was popular with the rich but failed to win the support of the masses. 他很受貴族階層的歡迎，但未能贏得民眾的支持。

• 4 the amount of matter in any solid object or in any volume of liquid or gas -- 質量

  • The acceleration of a body equals the force exerted on it divided by its mass. 物體所受外力除以其質量等於其加速度。

• 5 a religious ceremony in some Christian Churches based on Jesus' last meal with his disciples, or music written for parts of this ceremony -- 彌撒；彌撒曲

  • to go to Mass 參加彌撒

• 6 to come together in large numbers -- 集中，聚集

  • Thousands of troops have massed along the border in preparation for an invasion. 數千大軍已經集結在邊境上，準備入侵。