| 单词 | mass |
| 释义 | mass noun¹ 1large amount/number of sth大量adjective | preposition | phrases adjective➤enormous, great, huge, large, vast巨大的一团；庞大的一团▸➤broad大量；大宗；大多数◆their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population.他们的政策受到广大民众的欢迎。➤shapeless无形的一堆◆when i washed the sweater, it just turned into a shapeless mass.这件毛衣我洗了以后就不成形了。➤compact, dense, solid密实的一堆；紧密的一团；结实的一块➤land陆块◆the first women to cross antarctica's land mass on foot首次徒步穿越南极大陆的女性➤chaotic乱糟糟的一堆◆a chaotic mass of ideas乱糟糟的一堆想法➤swirling打旋的一团◆a swirling mass of shadows一团打着旋的影子➤tangled缠结不清的一团◆a tangled mass of hair一团乱发preposition➤mass of一团⋯◆a dense mass of smoke一团浓烟➤masses of (informal) 大量的⋯◆there were masses of people at the concert.音乐会上人山人海。phrases➤the huddled masses, the unwashed masses (= large numbers of poor people) 饥寒交迫的民众；贫苦之众◆the image of america with arms open wide to the world's huddled masses向全世界饥寒交迫的人们敞开怀抱的美国形象mass noun² 2mass christian ceremony基督教仪式adjective | verb + mass | preposition adjective➤catholic, requiem天主教／安魂弥撒➤midnight, sunday午夜／主日弥撒verb + mass➤attend, go to, hear参加／去做／聆听弥撒◆she never failed to attend sunday mass.她从未缺席主日弥撒。➤celebrate, offer, say主持弥撒；做弥撒◆the local priest celebrates mass in the church.当地牧师在教堂主持弥撒。preposition➤mass for为⋯做的弥撒◆a requiem mass for the sailors who drowned为淹死的水手举行的安魂弥撒mass noun³ 3 (technical术语) quantity of material质量adjective | verb + mass adjective➤atomic, molecular原子／分子质量➤body, bone, muscle身重；骨量；肌肉质量◆calcium deficiency can lead to low bone mass in adolescent girls.钙缺乏可能导致少女骨量低。➤critical足够的数量◆the product has to be good enough to achieve a critical mass of customers. (figurative) 产品必须足够好才能吸引到足够数量的顾客。verb + mass➤measure测质量➤add, gain增加质量◆bodybuilders trying to gain muscle mass eat a lot of protein.想要增加肌肉质量的健身者需要摄入大量蛋白质。 mass /mæs/ adjective [only before noun] affecting or involving a large number of people or things 群众的；大规模的；集中的◆mass unemployment leading to mass bankruptcies 导致大规模破产的大规模失业 critical mass ☞ massmass [intransitive] to come together in large numbers集结；聚集◆demonstrators had massed outside the embassy.示威者聚集在大使馆外面。◆dark clouds massed on the horizon.天边乌云密布。note 辨析 gather, assemble, or mass? gather is the most general of the three words, and can be used to talk about large or small groups of people coming together. assemble is a more formal word and is used about more formal meetings, when a group of people has been told to meet in one place and it has not happened by accident. mass emphasizes the large number of people involved. * gather 在这三个词中含义最广，指大量或少量的人聚集均可。assemble 较正式，指一群人被告知在某处集合，这种较为正式的集会往往并非出于偶然。mass 强调聚集的人很多。mass [countable] a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape（无固定形状的）团，块，堆◆a mass of snow and rocks was falling down the mountain.一堆积雪和石块正从山上滚下来。◆the sky was full of dark masses of clouds.天空乌云密布。mass [uncountable] (physics物理) the quantity of material that sth contains质量◆calculating the mass of a planet计算一颗行星的质量ⓘ in non-technical language weight is used for this meaning.在非专业用语中，用 weight 表示此义。mass [only before noun] affecting or involving a large number of people or things大批的；数量极多的；广泛的◆their latest product is aimed at the mass market.他们的最新产品瞄准了大众市场。◆the play was so awful that there was a mass exodus from the theatre at the interval.这部剧很糟，场间休息时大批观众离开了剧场。note 辨析 large-scale or mass?both these words are used to talk about business and industry.这两个词均用于商务和工业语境◆large-scale / mass production / unemployment批量生产；大批失业 large-scale in particular is used to talk about business activities that need a lot of resources and affect a wide area. * large-scale 尤用于修饰需要许多资源、影响区域广的经营活动◆a large-scale enterprise / project / operation庞大的企业／项目／公司 mass is more often used when a lot of people are affected or involved, especially all together in one place. * mass 较常指影响到同一地区的许多人的◆the mass media / market大众媒体／市场◆a mass movement / audience / protest / demonstration群众运动；大批的观众；群众性抗议；群众大游行it also collocates with words relating to the killing of large numbers of people.与之搭配的还有与屠杀有关的词◆a mass murderer / grave杀死多人的凶手；万人坑◆weapons of mass destruction大规模杀伤性武器mass¹/mæs ||; mæs/noun1. [c] a mass (of sth) a dense mass of smoke 浓烟密布 (informal 非正式) ◇there were masses of people at the market today. 今天集市上人山人海。 2. the masses [pl] ordinary people when considered as a political group 群众；百姓 3. [u] (in physics) the quantity of material that sth contains （物理）质量 4. mass [c,u] the ceremony in some christian churches when people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal that christ had before he died 弥撒: ◇to go to mass 去做弥撒 mass²/mæs ||; mæs/adj (only before a noun 只用于名词前) involving a large number of people or things 涉及许多人或事物的: ◇a mass murderer 杀人如麻的谋杀犯 mass³/mæs ||; mæs/verb [i,t] to come together or bring people or things together in large numbers 聚集；集结: ◇the students massed in the square. 学生聚集在广场上。 masssee ⇨ crowd 1 massn [c,u]the main religious ceremony in the roman catholic church and some other christian churches 弥撒 ☞ mass¹☞ mass²☞ mass³ |
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