1 [C] a mass (of sth)a dense mass of smoke 浓烟密布 (informal 非正式)
There were masses of people at the market today.今天集市上人山人海。
2the masses [pl] ordinary people when considered as a political group 群众;百姓
3 [U] (in physics) the quantity of material that sth contains (物理)质量
4Mass [C,U] the ceremony in some Christian churches when people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal that Christ had before he died 弥撒:
to go to Mass去做弥撒
mass²
/mæs ||; mæs/adj
(only before a noun 只用于名词前) involving a large number of people or things 涉及许多人或事物的:
a mass murderer杀人如麻的谋杀犯
mass³
/mæs ||; mæs/verb
[I,T] to come together or bring people or things together in large numbers 聚集;集结:
The students massed in the square.学生聚集在广场上。