mass
noun/mæs/
Слово англійською: mass
Переклад mass українською: маса
Детальний опис
- [countable] a large amount of a substance that does not have a definite shape or form
- She saw a large dark mass in the water.
- The hill appeared as a black mass in the distance.
- mass of something a mass of snow and rocks falling down the mountain
- The sky was full of dark masses of clouds.
- [countable, usually singular] mass of something a large amount or quantity of something
- a mass of blonde hair
- I began sifting through the mass of evidence.
- Both titles give readers a mass of information.
- [singular] mass of something a large number of people or things grouped together, often in a confused way
- I struggled through the mass of people to the exit.
- The page was covered with a mass of figures.
- a chaotic mass of ideas
- masses (of something)[plural] (informal) a large number or amount of something synonym lots
- There were masses of people in the shops yesterday.
- I've got masses of work to do.
- Don't give me any more. I've eaten masses!
- There is masses of cake left over from the party.
- the masses[plural] the ordinary people in society
- government attempts to suppress dissatisfaction among the masses
- a TV programme that brings science to the masses
- the mass of something[singular] the most; the majority
- The reforms are unpopular with the mass of teachers and parents.
- Their policies appeal to the broad mass of the population.
- [uncountable, countable] (specialist) the quantity of material that something contains
- calculating the mass of a planet
- a mass of 46.3 kg
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Greek maza ‘barley cake’; perhaps related to massein ‘knead’.
Idioms
be a mass of something
- to be full of or covered with something
- The rose bushes are a mass of flowers in June.
- Her arm was a mass of bruises.