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. (聚成一体的)一团，一堆,一块
SYN lot, collection, load [informal] , combination
2 N-SING 大堆;许多;大量 A mass of something is a large amount of it. 大堆;许多;大量
3 QUANT 大量;许多;一大堆 Masses of something means a great deal of it. 大量;许多;一大堆 [informal]
4 ADJ [ADJ n] 一大群的;大批的 Mass is used to describe something which involves or affects a very large number of people. 一大群的;大批的
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...ideas on combating mass unemployment.
对付大量失业的点子
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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。
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...weapons of mass destruction.
大规模杀伤性武器
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...the harm caused by mass tourism.
大众旅游造成的危害
SYN large-scale, general, popular, widespread
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. (尤指无固定形状的)块，堆，团
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...before it cools and sets into a solid mass.
在它冷却成为固态之前
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The fourteenth century cathedral was reduced to a mass of rubble. [+ of]
这座14世纪的大教堂变成了一堆瓦砾。
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...the strong temperature difference between the two masses of air.
两个气团之间强烈的温差
SYN piece, block, lump, chunk
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. （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
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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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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。
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...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. (民众中的)大部分，大多数
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The 1939-45 world war involved the mass of the population. [+ of]
1939至1945年间的世界大战使大多数民众卷入其中。
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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。
SYN majority, body, bulk, best part
8 N-COUNT [NOUN of n] （人）一大群，一大堆 A mass of people is a large crowd of them. （人）一大群，一大堆
SYN crowd, group, body, pack
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. (使)聚集;(使)集中;(使)集结
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Shortly after the workers went on strike, police began to mass at the shipyard. [VERB]
工人们罢工后不久，警察就开始在船厂集结。
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The clouds massed, whipped up by the wind. [VERB]
云卷云舒随风起。
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The General was massing his troops for a counterattack. [VERB noun]
将军正在集结部队准备反攻。
SYN gather, assemble, accumulate, collect
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. 充满;布满
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. (物理学中的)质量 [technical]
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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。
SYN size, matter, weight, extent
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. 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)
13 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. 弥撒曲
14 See also: massed critical mass land mass
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| N. | mass communication, mass destruction, mass evacuation, mass execution, mass exodus, mass grave, mass hysteria, mass killings, mass layoffs, mass mailing, mass migration, mass protest, mass unemployment 4 bone mass, muscle mass 5 |
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