mass

noun

1. 团；块；堆
   a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape or form
   1. a mass of snow and rocks falling down the mountain
      从山上滚下来的一堆积雪和石块
   2. The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance.
      远远地看去，那座山是黑魆魆一片。
   3. The sky was full of dark masses of clouds.
      天空中乌云密布。
2. 大量；许多
   a large amount or quantity of sth
   1. a mass of blonde hair
      一头金发
   2. I began sifting through the mass of evidence.
      我开始认真筛选大量的证据。
3. （常指混乱的）一群，一堆
   a large number of people or things grouped together, often in a confused way
   1. 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。
   2. The page was covered with a mass of figures.
      纸上写满了密密麻麻的数字。
4. 大量的东西
   a large number or amount of sth
   1. There were masses of people in the shops yesterday.
      昨天商店里人如潮涌。
   2. I've got masses of work to do.
      我有一大堆的工作要做。
   3. Don't give me any more. I've eaten masses!
      别再给我了，我已经吃了很多了！
5. 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
   1. government attempts to suppress dissatisfaction among the masses
      政府试图压制群众不满情绪的做法
   2. a TV programme that brings science to the masses
      普及科学知识的电视节目
6. 大多数；多数
   the most; the majority
   1. 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。
7. 质量
   the quantity of material that sth contains
   1. calculating the mass of a planet
      计算一个行星的质量

adj.

1. 大批的；数量极多的；广泛的
   affecting or involving a large number of people or things
   1. mass unemployment/production
      大批失业；批量生产
   2. weapons of mass destruction
      大规模杀伤性武器
   3. Their latest product is aimed at the mass market .
      他们的最新产品瞄准了大众市场。

verb

1. 集结；聚集
   to come together in large numbers; to gather people or things together in large numbers
   1. Demonstrators had massed outside the embassy.
      示威者聚集在大使馆的外面。
   2. Dark clouds massed on the horizon.
      天边乌云密布。
   3. 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。

1. 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.
   1. On his desk is a mass of books and papers.
      他的书桌上有大堆的书籍和文件。
2. N-SING 大堆;许多;大量
   A mass of something is a large amount of it.
   1. She had a mass of auburn hair.
      她有一头浓密的棕发。
3. QUANT 大量;许多;一大堆
   Masses of something means a great deal of it.
   1. There's masses of work for her to do...
      她有一大堆的工作要做。
   2. It has masses of flowers each year.
      它每年都开许多花。
4. ADJ 一大群的;大批的
   Mass is used to describe something which involves or affects a very large number of people.
   1. ...ideas on combating mass unemployment...
      对付大量失业的点子
   2. All the lights went off, and mass hysteria broke out.
      所有的灯都熄灭了，大家都变得歇斯底里起来。
   3. ...weapons of mass destruction.
      大规模杀伤性武器
   4. ...the harm caused by mass tourism.
      大众旅游造成的危害
5. 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.
   1. ...before it cools and sets into a solid mass...
      在它冷却成为固态之前
   2. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
      这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
   3. ...the strong temperature difference between the two masses of air.
      两个气团之间强烈的温差
6. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. ...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
7. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. Schools allowed the mass of children to leave school at 16 with poor qualifications.
      学校允许大部分考试成绩差的学生16岁时毕业离校。
8. N-COUNT （人）一大群，一大堆
   A mass of people is a large crowd of them.
   1. ...masses of excited people clogged the streets.
      情绪激动的人群挤满了街道。
   2. ...a mass of grinning teenage faces.
      一张张少年的笑脸
9. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. The clouds massed, whipped up by the wind...
      云卷云舒随风起。
   3. The General was massing his troops for a counterattack.
      将军正在集结部队准备反攻。
10. 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.
    1. His body was a mass of sores...
       他遍体鳞伤。
    2. In the spring, the meadow is a mass of daffodils.
       春天，草地上开满了黄水仙。
11. 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.
    1. 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。
12. 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.
    1. 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。
13. 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.
14. See also: massed critical mass land mass

1. From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy
   由此你可以算出银河系的总质量。
2. Pope John Paul celebrated mass today in a city in central Poland.
   教皇保罗二世今天在波兰中部的一个城市主持了弥撒。
3. 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。
4. Several were hurt in the panic. 'It was mass hysteria,' said Rev John Borders.
   数人在恐慌中受了伤。“人们都疯了，”约翰·博德斯牧师说。
5. By measuring the motion of the galaxies in a cluster, astronomers can infer the cluster's mass.
   通过测量星系在一个星系团内的运动，天文学家们可以推定这个星系团的质量。
6. On his desk is a mass of books and papers.
   他的书桌上有大堆的书籍和文件。
7. She had a mass of auburn hair.
   她有一头浓密的棕发。
8. There's masses of work for her to do
   她有一大堆的工作要做。
9. It has masses of flowers each year.
   它每年都开许多花。
10. All the lights went off, and mass hysteria broke out.
    所有的灯都熄灭了，大家都变得歇斯底里起来。
11. The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble.
    这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
12. 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。
13. 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。
14. Schools allowed the mass of children to leave school at 16 with poor qualifications.
    学校允许大部分考试成绩差的学生16岁时毕业离校。
15. 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。
16. The clouds massed, whipped up by the wind
    云卷云舒随风起。
17. The General was massing his troops for a counterattack.
    将军正在集结部队准备反攻。
18. His body was a mass of sores
    他遍体鳞伤。
19. In the spring, the meadow is a mass of daffodils.
    春天，草地上开满了黄水仙。
20. 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。
21. 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。
22. They now have access to the mass markets of Japan and the UK.
    他们现在进入了日本和英国的大众市场。
23. The Pontiff celebrated mass in Mexico City.
    教皇在墨西哥城主持了弥撒。
24. Mass movements are often a factor in the awakening and renovation of stagnant societies.
    群众性运动经常是能唤醒和振兴停滞不前的社会的一个因素。
25. The president wants to improve the nation's highways and mass transit systems.
    总统希望改善该国的公路与公共交通系统。
26. The mass media have been vested with significant power as social and political agents in modern developed societies
    在现代发达社会中，作为社会和政治媒介，大众传媒被赋予了很大的权力。
27. Photons have no mass — they are weightless.
    光子没有质量——它们是无重的。
28. This particle has a very small mass.
    这种粒子的质量很小。
29. Now they lead in the manufacture of weapons of mass destruction.
    现在他们在制造大规模杀人武器方面领先。

n.

be a mass of

• 充满；布满
  to be full of or covered with sth
  1. The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June.
     六月的玫瑰园花团锦簇。
  2. Her arm was a mass of bruises.
     她的胳膊上伤痕累累。

noun

1. the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field

2. the property of something that is great in magnitude
   1. it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
   2. he received a mass of correspondence
   3. the volume of exports

   Synonym:    bulkvolume

3. an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)

4. the common people generally
   1. separate the warriors from the mass
   2. power to the people

   Synonym:    multitudemasseshoi polloipeoplethe great unwashed

5. a body of matter without definite shape
   1. a huge ice mass

6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   1. a batch of letters
   2. a deal of trouble
   3. a lot of money
   4. he made a mint on the stock market
   5. see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
   6. it must have cost plenty
   7. a slew of journalists
   8. a wad of money

   Synonym:    batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplotmessmicklemintmountainmucklepasselpeckpileplentypotquite a littleraftsightslewspatestacktidy sumwad

verb

1. join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
   1. Crowds were massing outside the palace

adj

1. formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
   1. aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
   2. the aggregated amount of indebtedness

   Synonym:    aggregateaggregatedaggregative