单词 | in mass |
释义 | > as lemmasin (the) mass Phrases P1. in (the) mass: a. In a lump or block. In early use: (of gold or silver) in the form of bullion. ΚΠ 1423 Rolls of Parl. IV. 256/2 No man..bie or selle no Silver in Plate, nor in Masse. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxxix. 243 Of Gold in Masse eight thousand..Cichars. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 46 Brasse and lead in the masse or lumpe, sinke downe,..but if they be driuen out into thin plates, they flote. 1807 A. Aikin & C. R. Aikin Dict. Chem. & Mineral. II. 45 Oölite..occurs in mass and is without lustre. 1852 T. F. Betton tr. V. Regnault Elements Chem. II. iv. 488 Glucose is found in commerce under three different forms: syrup of fecula, glucose in mass, and granulated glucose. b. Without distinction of individuals or component parts; bodily, collectively, as a whole. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > the whole or all > that is all or the whole [phrase] > all collectively en masse in generala1393 in gross1508 by the lump1522 in universal1532 at large1598 in the lump1624 in (the) massa1631 at the great1699 by or in (the) slump1795 en masse1802 in a slump1827 en bloc1861 in block1870 in (the) aggregate1973 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > in/into one place, company, or mass [phrase] > together or in a body in gross1508 in (the) massa1631 in a lump1640 en masse1802 a1631 J. Donne Elegies xii, in Poems (1669) 88 The world enjoyes in Mass, and so we may. 1798 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 133 Our nation has almost risen in mass. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. I. 179 The levy in mass, the telegraph, and the income-tax are all from France. c1820 S. Rogers Nat. Prej. in Italy (1834) 149 We condemn millions in the mass as vindictive. 1823 W. Phillips Introd. Min. (ed. 3) 208 This mineral is in the mass of a greyish white colour. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cvii. 518 Take mankind in mass, and for the most part, they seem a mob of unnecessary duplicates. 1869 F. W. Newman Misc. 78 To adopt their superstitions in mass. 1908 H. James Portrait of Lady (rev. ed.) I. xxi. 321 She lost herself in a maze of visions; the fine things to be done by a rich, independent, generous girl..were sublime in the mass. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlii. 198 Philip had disdained humanity in the mass. 1959 M. Gilbert Blood & Judgement iii. 35 Home-going office workers..potent in mass as a lemming migration. 1968 Brit. Jrnl. Psychiatry 114 671/1 The book has a curiously depressing effect in mass. 1990 S. S. Tepper Raising Stones i. vi. 185 I hear..nice voices, untrained but, in the mass, having a nice effect. P2. the (great, vast) mass of: the greater part or majority of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > greater number, majority moeOE unfewc1175 most?a1400 most forcea1400 substancea1413 overmatch1542 flush1592 the (great, vast) mass of1604 the millions1604 stream1614 numbers1638 the multiplicity of1639 majority1650 1604 House of Commons Jrnl. 1 218/2 The Mass of the whole Trade of all the Realm is in the Hands of some Two Hundred Persons. 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 332 Comets..haue..Power..ouer the Gross and Masse of Things. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 157 The Mass of the People are..Portuguezed in Speech and Manners. 1701 J. Swift Disc. Contests Nobles & Commons v. 59 The Mass of the People..have opened their Eyes. 1806 T. Jefferson 6th Ann. Message 2 Dec. in Writings (1984) 529 The great mass of the articles on which impost is paid is foreign luxuries. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. viii. 107 The great mass of the people had no part in the election of representatives. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 158 We cannot expect the mass of mankind to become disinterested. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) I. xix. 343 How was it possible that the lucky few..should know so little, really nothing, about the lot of the vast mass of their fellows? 1935 Economist 29 June 1476/2 The mass of the people forgot to be class-conscious during Jubilee week. 1991 Wicazo Sa Rev. Fall 61 There was very little movement with respect to the great mass of aboriginal land disputes. ΚΠ 1845 F. Marryat Let. to Forster in Life & Lett. (1872) II. 196 They have..become a little income to me; which I infinitely prefer to receiving any sum in a mass. < as lemmas |
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