1large amount/number of sth大量ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤enormous, great, huge, large, vast巨大的一團;龐大的一團▸➤broad大量;大宗;大多數◇Their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population.他們的政策受到廣大民眾的歡迎。➤shapeless無形的一堆◇When I washed the sweater, it just turned into a shapeless mass.這件毛衣我洗了以後就不成形了。➤compact, dense, solid密實的一堆;緊密的一團;結實的一塊➤land陸塊◇the first women to cross Antarctica's land mass on foot首次徒步穿越南極大陸的女性➤chaotic亂糟糟的一堆◇a chaotic mass of ideas亂糟糟的一堆想法➤swirling打旋的一團◇a swirling mass of shadows一團打着旋的影子➤tangled纏結不清的一團◇a tangled mass of hair一團亂髮PREPOSITION➤mass of一團⋯◇a dense mass of smoke一團濃煙➤masses of (informal) 大量的⋯◇There were masses of people at the concert.音樂會上人山人海。PHRASES➤the huddled masses, the unwashed masses (= large numbers of poor people)飢寒交迫的民眾;貧苦之眾◇the image of America with arms open wide to the world's huddled masses向全世界飢寒交迫的人們敞開懷抱的美國形象mass
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2MassChristian ceremony基督教儀式ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASS | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤Catholic, requiem天主教/安魂彌撒➤midnight, Sunday午夜/主日彌撒VERB + MASS➤attend, go to, hear參加/去做/聆聽彌撒◇She never failed to attend Sunday Mass.她從未缺席主日彌撒。➤celebrate, offer, say主持彌撒;做彌撒◇The local priest celebrates Mass in the church.當地牧師在教堂主持彌撒。PREPOSITION➤mass for為⋯做的彌撒◇a requiem mass for the sailors who drowned為淹死的水手舉行的安魂彌撒mass
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3 (technical術語) quantity of material質量ADJECTIVE | VERB + MASSADJECTIVE➤atomic, molecular原子/分子質量➤body, bone, muscle身重;骨量;肌肉質量◇Calcium deficiency can lead to low bone mass in adolescent girls.鈣缺乏可能導致少女骨量低。➤critical足夠的數量◇The product has to be good enough to achieve a critical mass of customers. (figurative) 產品必須足夠好才能吸引到足夠數量的顧客。VERB + MASS➤measure測質量➤add, gain增加質量◇Bodybuilders trying to gain muscle mass eat a lot of protein.想要增加肌肉質量的健身者需要攝入大量蛋白質。
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