单词详解

1. n.

A.团，块，堆(a pile of things without a regular shape)

There is a mass of stones in the yard. 院子里堆放着一大堆石头。

B.大量，大批；众多(a large number or amount of sth)

I have masses of work to do.  我有大量工作要做。

There was a mass of children in the yard. 院子里有一大群孩子。

C.平民，群众，大批人(working class people)

The masses have boundless creative power. 群众有无限的创造力。

D.【物理学】质量(the property of a body that has weight in a gravitational field)

A liter of gas has less mass than a liter of water. 一公升汽油的质量比一公升水的质量小。

2. vt.

集中，聚集(gather or collect sth together into a mass);

They massed well-equipped troops on the frontier. 他们在边境上集结了装备精良的军队。

相关词组

1. the masses劳动者阶层，群众

I wonder if they are truly concerned with the interests of the masses.

我不知道他们是否真正关心民众的利益。

2. a mass of sth = masses of sth 大量的

There are masses of ice in the river.河里有很多冰。

There is a mass of children in the yard. 院子里有很多孩子。

相关单词

 过去式：massed

过去分词：massed

现在分词：massing

复数：masses