mass
- n.团;群众;大量;块;许多;质量;大多数;堆;(常指混乱的)一群，一堆;大量的东西
- adj.广泛的;大批的;数量极多的
- v.集结;聚集
复数： masses 派生词： massed adj. 过去式： massed 现在分词： massing 过去分词： massed 第三人称单数： masses
massnoun
团；块；堆
a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape or form
a mass of snow and rocks falling down the mountain
从山上滚下来的一堆积雪和石块
The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance.
远远地看去，那座山是黑魆魆一片。
The sky was full of dark masses of clouds.
天空中乌云密布。
大量；许多
a large amount or quantity of sth
a mass of blonde hair
一头金发
I began sifting through the mass of evidence.
我开始认真筛选大量的证据。
（常指混乱的）一群，一堆
a large number of people or things grouped together, often in a confused way
I struggled through the mass of people to the exit.
我在人群里挤来挤去，挤到了出口处。
The page was covered with a mass of figures.
纸上写满了密密麻麻的数字。
大量的东西
a large number or amount of sth
There were masses of people in the shops yesterday.
昨天商店里人如潮涌。
I've got masses of work to do.
我有一大堆的工作要做。
Don't give me any more. I've eaten masses!
别再给我了，我已经吃了很多了！
群众；平民百姓
the ordinary people in society who are not leaders or who are considered to be not very well educated
government attempts to suppress dissatisfaction among the masses
政府试图压制群众不满情绪的做法
a TV programme that brings science to the masses
普及科学知识的电视节目
大多数；多数
the most; the majority
The reforms are unpopular with the mass of teachers and parents.
大多数教师和家长并不赞成这些改革。
质量
the quantity of material that sth contains
calculating the mass of a planet
计算一个行星的质量
to be full of or covered with sth
六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。
The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June.
Her arm was a mass of bruises.
她的胳膊上伤痕累累。
adj.
only before noun大批的；数量极多的；广泛的
affecting or involving a large number of people or things
mass unemployment/production
大批失业；批量生产
weapons of mass destruction
大规模杀伤性武器
Their latest product is aimed at the mass market .
他们的最新产品瞄准了大众市场。
mass
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N-SING (聚成一体的)一团，一堆,一块
A mass of things is a large number of them grouped together.On his desk is a mass of books and papers.
他的书桌上有大堆的书籍和文件。
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N-SING 大堆;许多;大量
A mass of something is a large amount of it.She had a mass of auburn hair.
她有一头浓密的棕发。
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QUANT 大量;许多;一大堆
Masses of something means a great deal of it.There's masses of work for her to do...
她有一大堆的工作要做。
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ADJ 一大群的;大批的
Mass is used to describe something which involves or affects a very large number of people....ideas on combating mass unemployment...
对付大量失业的点子
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N-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....before it cools and sets into a solid mass...
在它冷却成为固态之前
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N-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.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。
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N-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.The 1939-45 world war involved the mass of the population...
1939至1945年间的世界大战使大多数民众卷入其中。
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N-COUNT （人）一大群，一大堆
A mass of people is a large crowd of them....masses of excited people clogged the streets.
情绪激动的人群挤满了街道。
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V-ERG (使)聚集;(使)集中;(使)集结
When people or things mass, or when you mass them, they gather together into a large crowd or group.Shortly after the workers went on strike, police began to mass at the shipyard...
工人们罢工后不久，警察就开始在船厂集结。
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N-SING 充满;布满
If you say that something is a mass of things, you mean that it is covered with them or full of them.His body was a mass of sores...
他遍体鳞伤。
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N-VAR (物理学中的)质量
In physics, the mass of an object is the amount of physical matter that it has.Astronomers know that Pluto and Triton have nearly the same size, mass, and density.
天文学家知道冥王星与海卫一拥有几乎相同的体积、质量与密度。
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N-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.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。
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N-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. -
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See also:massed;critical mass;land mass
noun
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- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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- the property of something that is great in magnitude
- it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
- he received a mass of correspondence
- the volume of exports
- Synonym: bulk volume
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- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
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- the common people generally
- separate the warriors from the mass
- power to the people
- Synonym: multitude masses hoi polloi people the great unwashed
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- a body of matter without definite shape
- a huge ice mass
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- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
- Synonym: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad
verb
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- join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
- Crowds were massing outside the palace
adj
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- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
- aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
- the aggregated amount of indebtedness
- Synonym: aggregate aggregated aggregative
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A cold front is the forward edge of a mass of moving cold air .
冷锋是一团移动着的冷气流的前锋面。
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an amorphous mass of cells with no identity at all
不知何物的杂乱一团的细胞
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Their latest product is aimed at the mass market .
他们的最新产品瞄准了大众市场。
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I 've got masses of work to do .
我有一大堆的工作要做。
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It was a time of mass unemployment .
当时有大批人失业。
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The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance .
远远地看去，那座山是黑魆魆一片。
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I struggled through the mass of people to the exit .
我在人群里挤来挤去，挤到了出口处。
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There was mass hysteria when the band came on stage .
乐队登台时观众一片疯狂。
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The page was covered with a mass of figures .
纸上写满了密密麻麻的数字。
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There were masses of people in the shops yesterday .
昨天商店里人如潮涌。
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After the crash the car was a mass of twisted metal .
那辆车撞成了一堆扭曲的废铁。
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The reforms are unpopular with the mass of teachers and parents .
大多数教师和家长并不赞成这些改革。
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The sky was full of dark masses of clouds .
天空中乌云密布。
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The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June .
六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。
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I began sifting through the mass of evidence .
我开始认真筛选大量的证据。
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The general massed his troops for a final attack .
将军把军队都集中起来准备发动最后的进攻。
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The UK , uniquely , has not had to face the problem of mass unemployment .
唯有英国无须面对大量失业的问题。
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They thought the arrival of television would deal a death blow to mass cinema audiences .
他们认为电视的问世将使观众涌向影院的现象不复存在。
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Her hair fell over her shoulders in a mass of curls .
她的鬈发披肩。
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The books were intended for the edification of the masses .
这些书旨在教化民众。
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The rebels were responsible for the mass murder of 400 civilians .
叛乱者对屠杀400名平民负有责任。
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Her death was the occasion of mass riots .
她的逝世引发了大规模的骚乱。
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He became caught up in a seething mass of arms and legs .
他被卷进了摩肩接踵的人群。
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Her hair was a mass of curls .
她满头鬈发。
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Her arm was a mass of bruises .
她的胳膊上伤痕累累。
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Her hair was a mass of tangles .
她的头发乱糟糟的。
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Dark clouds massed on the horizon .
天边乌云密布。
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Demonstrators had massed outside the embassy .
示威者聚集在大使馆的外面。
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Only with mass direct action will we obtain such change .
只有采取大规模直接行动，我们才会取得这样的改变。
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The 1939-45 world war involved the mass of the population
1939至1945年间的世界大战使大多数民众卷入其中。
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