| 单词 | mass |
| 释义 | mass (once / 78 pages) nadjv Anything that has weight and shape has mass. In fact, mass is the quality that gives things weight anywhere there's gravity. If you think about mass being about weight and shape, you can see how many of its meanings are related. If something is very big we say it has great mass — or is massive. If we talk about a large group of people, we talk about a mass demonstration or a mass of demonstrators. We refer to poor or common people as the masses — there are a lot of them. Doctors refer to tumors inside our bodies as masses. WORD FAMILYmass: massed, masses, massing USAGE EXAMPLES“They want to mobilize the masses, not just within China.” New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) He said the mass questioning of North Africans happened "because we recognised corresponding aggressive behaviour amongst them". BBC(Jan 02, 2017) That’s a curse for companies that aim at a mass market, America’s traditional strength. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) 1n the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field Hypo|Hyper body the main mass of a thing biomassthe total mass of living matter in a given unit area critical massthe minimum mass of fissionable material that can sustain a chain reaction rest mass(physics) the mass of a body as measured when the body is at rest relative to an observer, an inherent property of the body relativistic mass(physics) the mass of a body in motion relative to the observer: it is equal to the rest mass multiplied by a factor that is greater than 1 and that increases as the magnitude of the velocity increases bulkthe property possessed by a large mass gravitational mass(physics) the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies inertial mass(physics) the mass of a body as determined by the second law of motion from the acceleration of the body when it is subjected to a force that is not due to gravity atomic mass, atomic weight, relative atomic mass(chemistry) the mass of an atom of a chemical element expressed in atomic mass units mass energy(physics) the mass of a body regarded relativistically as energy molecular weight, relative molecular mass(chemistry) the sum of the relative atomic masses of the constituent atoms of a molecule mass defect, mass deficiencythe amount by which the mass of an atomic nucleus is less than the sum of the masses of its constituent particles combining weight, eq, equivalent, equivalent weightthe atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen meq, milliequivalentone-thousandth of an equivalent physical property any property used to characterize matter and energy and their interactions fundamental measure, fundamental quantityone of the four quantities that are the basis of systems of measurement 2n a body of matter without definite shape a huge ice mass Hypo|Hyper coprolith, faecalith, fecalith, stercolith a hard mass of fecal matter drifta large mass of material that is heaped up by the wind or by water currents mata mass that is densely tangled or interwoven mush, pulpany soft or soggy mass drumlina mound of glacial drift snowdrifta mass of snow heaped up by the wind body an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects 3n an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) Hypo|Hyper logjam an immovable mass of logs blocking a river shocka bushy thick mass (especially hair) accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection several things grouped together or considered as a whole 4n the common people generally separate the warriors from the mass Syn|Hypo|Hyper hoi polloi, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed laity, temporalty in Christianity, members of a religious community that do not have the priestly responsibilities of ordained clergy audiencethe part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment followers, followinga group of followers or enthusiasts readershipthe audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) TV audience, viewers, viewing audiencethe audience reached by television claquea group of followers hired to applaud at a performance faithfulany loyal and steadfast following fandomthe fans of a sport or famous person group, grouping any number of entities (members) considered as a unit 5n the property of something that is great in magnitude he received a mass of correspondence Syn|Hypo|Hyper bulk, volume dollar volume, turnover the volume measured in dollars magnitude the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small) 6n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent Syn|Hypo|Hyper batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad deluge, flood, inundation, torrent an overwhelming number or amount haymowa mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude 7adj formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole Syn aggregate, aggregated, aggregative collective forming a whole or aggregate 8v join together into a mass or collect or form a mass Crowds were massing outside the palace Hypo|Hyper press crowd closely crowd, crowd together to gather together in large numbers Mass (once / 1598 pages) n WORD FAMILY Mass USAGE EXAMPLESThis year, according to the models Mass trusts, looks like a “ La Nada year” — business as usual. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Lowell was discharged from Mass General on February 9th. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) This is the revealing story of the birth of Mass Observation. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite the priest said Mass Hyper prayer a fixed text used in praying 2n (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist Hypo|Hyper High Mass a solemn and elaborate Mass with music Low Massa Mass recited without music Requiema Mass celebrated for the dead religious ceremony, religious ritual a ceremony having religious meaning 3n a musical setting for a Mass they played a Mass composed by Beethoven Hypo|Hyper Requiem a musical setting for a Mass celebrating the dead church music, religious music genre of music composed for performance as part of religious ceremonies |
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