| 单词 | en masse |
| 释义 | en masse[ ahn -mas, en; French ahn -mas ] / ɑn ˈmæs, ɛn; French ɑ̃ ˈmas / SEE SYNONYMS FOR en masse ON THESAURUS.COM adverbin a mass; all together; as a group: The people rushed to the gate en masse. Origin of en masseBorrowed into English from French around 1795–1805 Words nearby en masseenlisted woman, enlistee, enlistment, enliven, enmarble, en masse, enmesh, enmity, Enna, ennage, -enne Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for en masse
British Dictionary definitions for en masseen masse / (French ɑ̃ mas) / adverbin a group, body, or mass; as a whole; all together Word Origin for en masseC19: from French Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with en masseen masse In one group or body; all together. For example, The activists marched en masse to the capitol. This French term, with exactly the same meaning, was adopted into English about 1800. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Cultural definitions for en masseen masse [ (ahn mas) ] A French phrase meaning “in a large body”: “The protesters left en masse for the White House.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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