mass

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /mæs/|/mas/    美 /mæs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Matter, material.; A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size. countable,physical,uncountable
    — And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].
  2. The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
  3. Matter, material.; Precious metal, especially gold or silver. countable,obsolete,physical,uncountable
    — Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […].
  4. Celebration of the Eucharist.
  5. Matter, material.; A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram. countable,physical,uncountable
  6. The main kind of church service, in some denominations. broadly
    — She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too.
  7. Matter, material.; A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills. countable,physical,uncountable
    — blue mass
  8. The sacrament of the Eucharist. usually
  9. Matter, material.; A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor. countable,physical,uncountable
  10. A musical setting of parts of the mass.
  11. Matter, material.; Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy. countable,physical,uncountable
    — After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.
  12. A large quantity; a sum. countable,uncountable
    — […]he hath discovered to me the way to five or six of the richest mines which the Spaniard hath, and whence all the mass of gold that comes into Spain in effect is drawn.
  13. A large quantity; a sum.; Bulk; magnitude; body; size. countable,uncountable
    — Witness this army of such mass and charge / Led by a delicate and tender prince,
  14. A large quantity; a sum.; The principal part; the main body. countable,uncountable
    — Night closed upon the pursuit, and aided the mass of the fugitives in their escape.
  15. A large quantity; a sum.; A large body of individuals, especially persons. countable,uncountable
    — The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field.
  16. A large quantity; a sum.; The lower classes of persons. countable,in-plural,uncountable
    — The masses are revolting.
动词 v.
  1. To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble. ergative
    — They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.
  2. To celebrate mass. intransitive,obsolete
    — massing priests
形容词 adj.
  1. Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number. not-comparable,usually
    — There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
  2. Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses. not-comparable,usually
    — Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.

词形变化

masses plural masses present,singular,third-person massing participle,present massed participle,past massed past masser comparative massest superlative masses plural masses present,singular,third-person massing participle,present massed participle,past massed past

词汇关系

衍生词
active gravitational mass airmass air mass atomic mass biomass blue mass bodymass center of mass centre of mass conservation of mass coronal mass ejection critical mass dry mass Earth mass gravitational mass inertial mass Jupiter mass landmass land mass law of conservation of mass low mass star mass balance mass center mass copper mass defect mass density mass distribution mass driver mass effect mass-energy mass energy mass finishing mass flow mass fraction mass gainer massless mass line mass man mass monster mass noun mass number mass of maneuver mass register mass shift mass spec mass spectrograph mass spectrometer mass spectrometry mass spectrum mass transfer mass wasting mineralomass molar mass molecular mass mulberry mass paraphrase mass Planck mass point mass pound-mass reaction mass reduced mass relativistic mass rest mass solar mass subcritical mass supercritical mass the masses thermal mass very low mass star wet mass working mass admass comass dendromass downmass eggmass eigenmass groundmass isomass mascon maskin masscom masscult massful massic massification massifier massify masslike massly massness masstige massy micromass necromass phytomass pseudomass rockmass sociomass submass thermomass upmass zoomass mass shooter mass burial mass communication mass culture mass destruction mass difference mass extinction mass favourite mass funeral mass grave mass haul diagram mass hysteria mass market mass media mass medium mass murder mass murderer mass-produce mass production mass report mass shooting mass spam mass start mass starvation mass storage mass suicide mass surveillance mass transit mass transportation mass vaccination centre weapon of mass disruption Christmas Martinmas -mas mass-goer massgoer mass priest midnight mass morrow-mass parody mass requiem mass solemn mass votive mass
并列词
weight

词源

词源 1
In late Middle English (circa 1400) as masse in the sense of "lump, quantity of matter", from Anglo-Norman masse, in Old French attested from the 11th century, via late Latin massa (“lump, dough”), from Ancient Greek μᾶζα (mâza, “barley-cake, lump (of dough)”). The Greek noun may be derived from the verb μάσσω (mássō, “to knead”), ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European *maǵ- (“to oil, knead”), although this is uncertain. Doublet of masa.
The sense of "a large number or quantity" arises circa 1580. The scientific sense is from 1687 (as Latin massa) in the works of Isaac Newton, with the first English use (as mass) occurring in 1704.
词源 2
From Middle English messe, masse, from Old English mæsse (“the mass, church festival”) and Old French messe, from Vulgar Latin *messa (“Eucharist, dismissal”), from Late Latin missa, noun use of feminine past participle of classical Latin mittere (“to send”), from ite, missa est (“go, (the assembly) is dismissed”), reanalyzed as "go, [that] is the missa", last words of the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.
Compare Dutch mis (“mass”), German Messe (“mass”), Danish messe (“mass”), Swedish mässa (“mass; expo”), Icelandic messa (“mass”). More at mission.
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