masses

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. He never understood how to organize or compress large masses of material
   他从来就不懂如何对大篇的材料进行整理或精简。
2. There's masses of work for her to do
   她有一大堆的工作要做。
3. 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。
4. 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。
5. She had a kind of missionary zeal about bringing culture to the masses.
   她对于向大众传播文化有着满腔的热忱。
6. He often goes into the masses and has a heart-to-heart talk with the workers.
   他经常深入群众，和工人们促膝谈心。
7. The masses all got moving.
   群众普遍地动起来了。
8. Cadres should go deep among the masses, not just sit in their offices issuing orders.
   干部要深入群众，不要只是坐在办公室里发号施令。
9. In this way they brought into full play the initiative, wisdom and power of the masses.
   这样他们就使群众的积极性、智慧和力量都充分发挥出来。
10. We cannot shut our eyes to things that harm the interests of the masses.
    对于损害群众利益的事情，我们不能听之任之。
11. This is a literary and artistic work loved by the masses.
    这是一部为群众所喜闻乐见的文艺作品。
12. He has high prestige among the masses.
    他在群众中威信很高。
13. Without the masses we can't move a step.
    咱们离开了群众，就寸步难行啊！
14. It's part of the duty as cadres to help the masses.
    帮助群众是干部应分的事。
15. Without correct leadership, the enthusiasm of the masses cannot be sustained.
    没有正确的领导，群众的积极性就不可能持久。
16. The scheme has been revised in accordance with the opinions of the masses.
    方案已按照群众意见修改了。
17. The wisdom of the masses is inexhaustible.
    群众的智慧是无穷的。
18. The masses have boundless creative power.
    人民群众有无限的创造力。
19. It is wrong to have no regard for the opinions and demands of the masses.
    漠视群众的意见和要求是错误的。
20. He always has the well-being of the masses at heart.
    他总是把群众的疾苦挂在心上。
21. We can hardly do without the help of the masses.
    我们离不开群众的帮助。
22. His work won the praise of the broad masses.
    他的工作博得广大群众的称许。
23. The masses have a vast reservoir of enthusiasm.
    群众中蕴藏了极大的积极性。
24. They maintain the closest relations with the masses and share their weal and woe.
    他们和群众血肉相连，休戚与共。
25. We must have faith in the masses.
    要相信群众。
26. Literary works of this kind are well received by the masses.
    这样的文学作品很受群众欢迎。
27. His heart is linked with the hearts of the masses.
    他和群众心连心。
28. The masses are reasonable.
    群众是通情达理的。
29. Leaders should go among the masses.
    领导要深入群众。
30. The enthusiasm of the masses ran high.
    群众热情高涨。

noun

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

   Synonym:    multitudemasshoi polloipeoplethe great unwashed