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；大规模的；大批的

  • weapons of mass destruction 大规模杀伤性武器

  • a mass murderer 杀人狂

  • mass starvation 饥荒成灾

  • Opposition groups plan to stage mass demonstrations all over the country. 反对组织计划在全国发起大规模游行示威。

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

  • The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble. 爆炸使教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。

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

  • [ + to infinitive ] I've got masses to do at the weekend. 我周末有许多事要做。

  • There were masses of people in town today. 今天城里人很多。

  • The mass of the people support the reforms. 大多数人支持改革。

• 2 a solid lump with no clear shape -- 团，块，堆

  • The sauce was now a sticky mass at the bottom of the pan. 酱汁现在成了黏稠的一团，粘在平底锅锅底。

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

  • He was popular with the rich but failed to win the support of the masses. 他很受贵族阶层的欢迎，但没有赢得民众的支持。

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

  • The acceleration of a body equals the force exerted on it divided by its mass. 物体所受外力除以其质量等于加速度。

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

  • to go to Mass 参加弥撒

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

  • Thousands of troops have massed along the border in preparation for an invasion. 数千大军已经集结在边境上，准备入侵。