Word · Frequency #1857
Mass
聚集;集结
to come together in large numbers, or to gather people or things into a mass
- 1.
join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
聚集;集合;形成团块
聚集;集合;形成团块;使集合;集中;聚集
In use
The protesters are massing in the square.
The soldiers massed at the border.
The crowd masses around the stage.
mass + adv/prep
表示人或物自然地聚集成一大团或一大群,主语为聚集者。
Protesters massed outside the parliament building.
抗议者聚集在议会大楼外。
mass sth + adv/prep
及物用法,主语主动使人或物集合起来。
The general massed his troops along the border.
将军把部队集结在边境线上。
be massed + adv/prep
被动语态强调处于聚集后的状态。
Thousands of fans were massed in the square.
数千名粉丝聚集在广场上。
Verb forms
base mass · third person masses · -ing massing · past massed · past participle massed
规则动词,过去式加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- mass troops
- 集结部队
- Commanders massed troops near the front line.指挥官在前线附近集结部队。
- mass at the border
- 在边境集结
- Thousands of soldiers massed at the border.数千名士兵在边境集结。
- protesters mass
- 抗议者聚集
- Protesters massed outside the government building.抗议者聚集在政府大楼外。
- mass together
- 聚集在一起
- Storm clouds massed together over the mountains.暴风云在群山上空聚集。
Idioms & figurative uses
- massed ranks
- 大批人群;众多队伍The massed ranks of the press were waiting outside the court.大批记者聚集在法院外等待。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 mass 看成 m+a+s+s 四个字母挤在一起,就像人群聚成一团——mass 就是聚集。
Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:军事/集会、自然现象 作动词时,mass 通常多用于较正式的书面语或新闻描述,例如军队集结、人群聚集或云层堆积;日常口语中更常说 gather 或 collect。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 mass 押韵(/mæs/):pass /pæs/、class /klæs/、glass /ɡlæs/、grass /ɡræs/、gas /ɡæs/(美式读音)。注意 mess /mɛs/ 拼写相近但元音不同,不押韵;bass 有两种读音:/beɪs/(低音)和 /bæs/(鲈鱼),只有后者与 mass 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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