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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   mass

   • IPA[mas]

   美式

   • n.
     a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape；any of the main portions in a painting or drawing that each have some unity in color, lighting, or some other quality
   • adj.
     relating to, done by, or affecting large numbers of people or things
   • v.
     assemble or cause to assemble into a mass or as one body

   • noun: mass, plural noun: masses

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape a mass of curly hair from here the trees were a dark mass 同義詞 pile, heap, stack, clump, cloud, ... 更多bunch, bundle, lump, concentration, conglomeration, accumulation, aggregation, concretion, accretion, assemblage, collection, stockpile, buildup, rareamassment
   • ▪ any of the main portions in a painting or drawing that each have some unity in color, lighting, or some other quality the masterly distribution of masses
   • 2. a large number of people or objects crowded together a mass of cyclists 同義詞 large number, abundance, profusion, multitude, group, ... 更多crowd, mob, rabble, horde, barrage, throng, huddle, host, troop, army, herd, flock, drove, swarm, pack, press, crush, mountain, flood
   • ▪ a large amount of material a mass of conflicting evidence
   • ▪ informal a large quantity or amount of something we get masses of homework
   • 3. the majority of the great mass of the population had little interest in the project 同義詞 majority, larger part/number, greater part/number, best/better part, major part, ... 更多most, bulk, main body, preponderance, almost all, lion's share
   • ▪ the ordinary people seaside towns that catered for the masses 同義詞 the common people, the populace, the public, the people, the multitude, ... 更多the rank and file, the crowd, the commonalty, the commonality, the third estate, the plebeians, derogatorythe hoi polloi, the mob, the proletariat, the common herd, the rabble, the riffraff, the canaille, the great unwashed, the ragtag (and bobtail), the proles, the plebs反義詞 elite, oligarchy
   • 4. the quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field stellar objects of intermediate mass
   • ▪ (in general use) weight multiply the mass of the payload by the distance traveled 同義詞 weight, size, magnitude, bulk, dimensions, ... 更多capacity, density, extent, scope, greatness, bigness, hugeness, amount, matter

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. relating to, done by, or affecting large numbers of people or things the movie has mass appeal a mass exodus of refugees

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. assemble or cause to assemble into a mass or as one body both countries began massing troops in the region clouds massed heavily on the horizon

   片語

   • be a mass of
   • in the mass