mass

英 [mæs] 美 [mæs]

• n. 大量；块；众多
• adj. 大规模的；群众的
• v. 集中
• Mass.
• n. 弥撒曲；弥撒

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]团,块,堆

   quantity of matter without a regular shape

2. [C]大量,大批; 众多

   large number

3. [C]群众

   a large number of people

4. [U]质量

   quantity of matter in a body

5. [C][U]弥撒,弥撒曲

   celebration of Christ's Last Supper, especially in the Roman Catholic High Mass; musical setting for Mass

v. (动词)

1. vi. & vt. (使)集中; 聚集

   gather together in large numbers

adj. (形容词)

1. [A]许多的,大规模的,群众的

   of〔for〕 a mass, especially of people

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 大量，众多
2. 块，团，堆
3. 群众，民众，大众
4. 大部分，大多数
5. 大宗
6. 【宗】弥撒 ，弥撒曲，弥撒的仪式
7. 【物】质量
8. 片，群
9. 主要部分

adj. 形容词

1. 大量的，大批的，数量极多的， 许多的
2. 大规模的
3. 整个的，全部的
4. 大众的，群众的，民众的
5. 大体积的
6. 总的
7. 广泛的
8. 集中的
9. 群众性的，普及的

v. 动词

1. 聚集，集结，集中，（使）集合
2. 使成一团
3. 【军】使密集
4. 蔓满
5. 集中力量

abbr. 缩略词

1. =Massachusetts 马萨诸塞州（美国）

英英释义

Noun:

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

2. (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"
   

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

4. (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

5. a body of matter without definite shape;

   "a huge ice mass"
   

6. the common people generally;

   "separate the warriors from the mass"
   "power to the people"
   

7. 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"
   

8. a musical setting for a Mass;

   "they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
   

9. a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite;

   "the priest said Mass"
   

Adjective:

1. 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"
   

Verb:

1. join together into a mass or collect or form a mass;

   "Crowds were massing outside the palace"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. After harvest we will have a mass of rice.
   秋收后，我们将获得大量稻谷。
2. There were masses of dark clouds in the sky.
   天上有朵朵乌云。
3. Football stars seem larger-than-life to the mass of fans.
   在众多的球迷看来,足球明星是十分杰出的。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Modern education is a mass enterprise.
   现代教育是一项大规模的企业。
2. The mass rally was a total fiasco.
   那次群众集会彻底失败。
3. The only correct way is to follow the mass line.
   唯一正确的办法是走群众路线。

用作动词 (v.)

1. Crowds massed along the road where the king would pass.
   群众聚集在国王要经过的街道旁。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The priest sings Mass.
   牧师吟唱弥撒曲。
2. The priest celebrates Mass in church.
   神父在教堂内举行弥撒。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The base of the rock cracked and the whole mass toppled into the sea.
   岩石的底部裂开了,整块岩石塌入海中。
2. The cold air masses are moving from Siberia towards Inner Mongolia.
   冷空气团正由西伯利亚向内蒙古移动。
3. There is a mass of stones in the yard.
   院子里堆放着一大堆石头。
4. The spot where the hero fell is now marked with a huge mass of flowers—yellow gladioli, white lilies, pink carnations and red roses.
   在英雄牺牲的地方,现在种着一大片花作为标志：有黄色的剑兰、白色的百合、粉红色的康乃馨和红色的蔷薇。
5. Large masses of clouds was moving towards here.
   大块的云团向这里移来。
6. The picture was painted in broad masses of colour.
   那幅画用大块面的色彩画成。
7. There are masses of letters on the desk.
   桌子上有大量的信件。
8. The theory is a mass of mistakes.
   这个理论错误百出。
9. They set to work accumulating a huge mass of data.
   他们已开始积累大量的资料。
10. We can evolve the truth from a mass of confused evidence.
    我们可以从庞杂的证据中推断事实真相。
11. I don't know the real reason below the mass of pretexts.
    我不知道在一大堆借口掩饰之下的真正原因。
12. I have masses of work to do.
    我有大量工作要做。
13. Haven't you finished yet? You've had masses of time.
    你难道还没完成?你的时间已经很充裕了。
14. There was a mass of children in the yard.
    院子里有一大群孩子。
15. The mass of students supported this suggestion.
    大部分学生支持这个建议。
16. We should at no time divorce ourselves from the masses of people.
    我们在任何时候都不要脱离人民群众。
17. The masses have boundless creative power.
    群众有无限的创造力。
18. The masses are the true creators of history.
    群众是历史的真正创造者。
19. We must be concerned about the welfare of the masses.
    我们必须关心群众的福利。
20. He spent his life trying to improve the living conditions of the masses.
    他一生致力于改进下层社会的平民生活条件。
21. A litre of gas has less mass than a litre of water.
    一升气体的质量少于一升水的质量。
22. This particle has a very small mass.
    这种粒子的质量很小。
23. Einstein studied the relation of energy and mass.
    爱因斯坦研究了能量和质量的关系。
24. The priest says Mass twice each day.
    那神父每天做两次弥撒。
25. Mass was said for peace in the world.
    为世界和平作弥撒。
26. St. Patrick's Cathedral is famed for its midnight mass on Christmas eve.
    圣巴特里克大教堂以其圣诞前夜的午夜弥撒著称。
27. This is Bach's mass in B minor.
    这便是巴赫的B小调弥撒曲。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Dark clouds massed, and we expected rain.
   乌云集结,眼看就要下雨。
2. Troops are massing on the frontier.
   部队在边境集结。
3. The sand massed to form a dune.
   沙积集起来成了沙丘。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. They massed the bands.
   他们把乐队集合起来。
2. The enemy are massing their forces for an attack.
   敌人正在集合兵力准备进攻。
3. The commander massed his tank forces on the frontier.
   指挥员把他的坦克部队集中在前线。

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. I like to read mass publications.
   我喜欢阅读通俗杂志。
2. We couldn't lose sight of mass entertainment.
   我们不能忽略大众娱乐。
3. These precise instruments have already gone into mass production.
   这些精密仪器已经大规模投入生产。
4. The Negroes are holding a mass meeting with speeches and songs to demonstrate against the government's new law.
   黑人们举行群众集会、发表演说、唱歌曲进行示威反对政府的新法律。

经典引文

• Where every Catholic went to Mass of a Sunday.

  出自： B. Moore

• His priest at Cwmbran celebrated mass.

  出自： P. Toynbee

• It was important to assist souls in purgatory with Masses, indulgences and prayers.

  出自： D. Cupitt

• Wanda had been to the one o'clock Polish mass at Brompton Oratory.

  出自： M. Spark

• When the magnet as a mass is in motion.

  出自： W. R. Grove

• Adjacent to us rose the mighty mass of the Finsteraarhorn.

  出自： J. Tyndall

• But all these virtues mass themselves in the Greek mind into the two main ones.

  出自： J. Ruskin

• A nationwide movement designed to mass anti-war support.

  出自：Boston Sunday Herald

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

in mass

全体,整个地 completely; totally

用作动词 (v.)

mass against (v.+prep.)

集合起来反对… gather together against sth
mass sb against sth
Fifteen scientists were massed against the proposal.15

位科学家聚集起来反对这项提议。

mass along (v.+prep.)

聚集在…旁 gather together beside sth
mass along sth
Crowds massed along the road where the queen would pass.

群众聚集在女王会经过的道路旁。 mass sth along sth
The troops and armour were massed along the border.

部队和装甲兵集结在边境上。

用作形容词 (adj.)

mass murder

灭绝人性的屠杀 unlawful killing of many people, genocide

mass survey

调查很多人而作出的统计分析 statistical analysis that involves questioning a large number of people

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• arouse the masses 唤起民众
• collect into a mass 收集成一堆
• elevate the masses 提高群众(的思想)
• go to M- 望弥撒
• hear mass 听弥撒
• hold the mass together 集合群众
• incite the masses 鼓动群众,激励群众
• influence the masses 影响群众
• mobilize the masses 发动群众,动员群众
• organize the masses 组织群众
• rely on the masses 依靠群众
• serve the masses 为群众服务

形容词+～

• broad masses 广大群众
• fixed mass 固定块
• French masses 法国民众
• great mass 大量
• hard mass 硬块
• heavy mass 大量
• helpless mass 无依无靠的民众
• high mass 大弥撒
• labouring masses 劳动群众
• low mass 小弥撒
• movable mass 可移动的块
• toiling masses 劳苦大众

～+名词

• mass balance 质量平衡
• mass defect 质量亏损
• M- Observation 民意调查

介词+～

• among the masses 在民众中间
• in the mass 大体而论

～+介词

• mass of 堆,团,大量的
• a mass of colour 一大片色彩
• a solid mass of earth 一大块泥土
• a mass of hot air 一团热空气

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• mass forces 集合兵力
• mass the bands 把乐队集中起来

～+介词

• mass along the road 聚集在路旁

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• mass attack 集团攻击
• mass bombing 密集轰炸
• mass buying 大量购买
• mass destruction 大规模毁灭
• mass magazine 通俗杂志
• mass meeting 群众大会
• mass movements 群众运动
• mass murder 大屠杀
• mass tactics 密集战术
• the mass effect of the treatment 总的疗效

词语用法

1. mass作名词指“大众”时，在词组the broad mass(es)中可用单数或复数形式。在the Chinese masses中常用复数形式，而在the mass of the people中用单数形式。

n. (名词)

1. mass的基本意思是“团,块,堆”,指不规则物体聚成在一起形成的“团,块,堆”,是可数名词。
2. mass也可作“大量,大批; 众多”解,是可数名词。
3. a mass of或masses of起量词作用,可译为“大堆的”“大片的”“大块的”“大量的”“大批的”“大部分的”“大多数的”“广大的”等,可与表示具体事物的名词连用,也可与表示抽象事物的名词连用,还可以与表示人的名词连用。与表示具体事物的名词连用时,谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。of后接表示物的名词时mass前可有修饰语。
4. 复数masses还具有“群众,民众,平民”的含义,其前用定冠词the。
5. mass还可作“(物体的)质量”解,是不可数名词。
6. Mass可作“弥撒,弥撒曲”解,既可用作可数名词,也可用作不可数名词,作此解时有时首字母也可小写。

v. (动词)

1. mass的基本意思是聚在一起形成无一定形状的堆,引申可指“(物体的、精神的、情感的、知识的)结合”。
2. mass可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语。
3. mass后接介词against表示“集合起来反对…”; 后接介词along表示“沿…聚集在”。

adj. (形容词)

1. mass用作形容词的意思是“许多的,大规模的,群众的”,在句中只用作定语,无比较级和最高级。

词义辨析

n. (名词)

in mass, in the mass

• 这两个短语意思不同:in mass的意思是“全体,整个地”, in the mass的意思是“大体而论,概括言之”。

mass, band, circle, crowd, gang, group, herd, host, mob, multitude, set

• 这组词的共同意思 是“一伙人”。其区别在于：
• 1.从组成上说：band常指有共同目的的、有领导者的一群人。 circle指因志同道合而形成的圈子或结成的团体，聚会频繁，文明高雅。crowd指毫无秩序地挤在一起的人群， 含有混乱、拥挤的意味。gang指为一个目标而聚在一起的一伙人， 常指在一起干坏事的人。group既可指有组织、有秩序的一群人， 也可指为一定目的临时聚在一起的一伙人；可指志趣相投的人，也可指社会团体；关系可密切，也可以是泛泛之交。herd 指有盲目追随心理的一群人。host指散落开来的一群人，也指军队或备有武装的人。mass指群众， 民众。mob指乌合之众或心怀不满而聚在一起寻衅滋事的一群人。multitude常指人数庞大的人群。set指有共同社会地位或相同目的的社会团体，也可泛指广泛的人群， 有时可指势力集团。
• 2.从用法上说：mass常用于复数形式；set常用于单数形式。
• 3.从修辞色彩上说：band, gang, herd, mob多含贬义；set指势力集团时也含有贬义。
• 4.从语体上说：host, set是口语用词；multitude是正式用词或较陈旧用词。

mass, lump

• 这两个词的共同意思是“团”或“块”。其区别在于:mass多指形状不规则的东西堆积在一起而形成的一堆或一团; lump一般指固体的东西,可以是任何形状。例如:
• The aircraft came down in flames, and the heat fused most of the parts together into a solid mass.飞机冒着火坠落了,大多数部件因高温而熔成一团。
• Do you take one lump or two?你要一块方糖还是两块?

mass, mob, people, populace, rabble

• 参见people条。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古法语的masse，意为一块；最初源自拉丁语的massa，意为面团。

近反义词

【近义词】

• band
• block
• collection
• combination
• group
• number
• pile
• communion
• Lord's
• Supper
• collect
• gather
• rally
• blanket
• general
• popular
• widespread

【反义词】

• separate
• limited