C1 having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a large amount大量的;大规模的;大批的
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During times of mass unemployment, there's a pool of cheap labour for employers to draw from.
There were mass deportations in the 1930s, when thousands of people were forced to leave the country.
There have been mass desertions from the party in recent months.
There has been a mass exodus of workers from the villages to the towns.
The regime tried to silence dissent with a programme of mass murder.
B2 [ S ] a large amount of something that has no particular shape or arrangement大量;大批;众多
most of something…的主要部分,…的主体;…的大多数
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Her daughter's hair is a mass of wonderful red corkscrew curls.
She was disappointed to see her essay returned with a mass of corrections in red ink.
The liquid suddenly solidifies into a gelatinous mass.
Short-grain rice turns into a soft glutinous mass when cooked.
A seething mass of children crowded around the tables.
[ C ] a solid lump with no clear shape团,块,堆
the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society群众,平民
[ C ] specialized physics the amount of matter in any solid object or in any volume of liquid or gas质量
the difference between the mass of a nucleus (= central part of an atom) and the mass of the separate pieces that make up the nucleus(物理)质量亏损
[ C or U ] also Mass a religious ceremony in some Christian Churches based on Jesus' last meal with his disciples, or music written for parts of this ceremony弥撒;弥撒曲
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