n.

1. 團，塊，堆，片，群
2. 眾多；大量，大宗[S][P][（+of）]
   I've masses of work to do.

   我有許許多多的工作要做。

   There was a mass of children in the yard.

   院子裡有一大群孩子。

3. 大部分，主要部分[the S]
   The mass of public opinion is in favor of the new foreign policy.

   大部分的輿論贊成新的外交政策。

4. 大眾，民眾[the p]
   I wonder if they are truly concerned with the interests of the masses.

   我不知道他們是否真正關心民眾的利益。

5. 【物】質量[U]
   A liter of gas has less mass than a liter of water.

   一公升汽油的質量比一公升水的質量小。

a.[Z][B]

1. 大眾的，民眾的
   Mass education is essential in promoting democracy.

   民眾教育對提倡民主是非常重要的。

2. 大量的；大規模的；大批的
   We want to promote literacy on a mass scale.

   我們要大規模地提高文化水平。

3. 整個的，全部的

vi.

1. 聚集起來
   Dark clouds massed and we expected rain.

   烏雲密布，看起來就要下雨了。

vt.

1. 集中，聚集

n.

1. a coherent body of matter with no definite shape.
   ▸any of the main portions in a painting that each have some unity in colour, lighting, etc.
2. a large number of people or objects gathered together:
   a mass of cyclists.
   ▸a large amount of material.
3. (the mass of) the majority of.
   ▸ (the masses) the ordinary people.
4. Physics  the quantity of matter which a body contains, as measured by its acceleration under a given force or by the force exerted on it by a gravitational field.
   ▸(in general use) weight.

adj.

v.