Massnoun詞源 1/ˈmæs/

• 1

  CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismThe principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.

• 2

  A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.

• 3

  entertainmentlifestylemusicA musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.

massnoun詞源 1/mæs/

• 1

  Matter, material.

  • And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].
  • […] and because a deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage.
• 2

  obsoleteMatter, material.

  • Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […].
• 3

  natural-sciencesphysical-sciencesphysicsMatter, material.

• 4

  medicinepharmacologysciencesMatter, material.

  • blue mass
• 5

  medicinesciencesMatter, material.

  • Near-synonym: lump
• 6

  bodybuildinghobbieslifestyleMatter, material.

  • After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.
• 7

  A large quantity; a sum.

  • […]he hath discovered to me the way to five or six of the richest mines which the Spaniard hath, and whence all the mass of gold that comes into Spain in effect is drawn.
  • For though he had spent a huge mass of treasure in transporting his army, […].
• 8

  A large quantity; a sum.

  • Witness this army of such mass and charge / Led by a delicate and tender prince,

massverb詞源 1/mæs/

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  To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.

  • They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.
  • Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.

massadj詞源 1/mæs/

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  Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

  • There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.
  • The national liberation movement had not yet developed to a sufficiently mass scale.
• 2

  Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

  • Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.
  • Every agency is sold on use of mass media today — or at least, it thinks it is — and what can be "masser" than television?

massnoun詞源 2/mæs/

• 1

  ChristianityThe Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.

• 2

  ChristianityCelebration of the Eucharist.

• 3

  ChristianityThe main kind of church service, in some denominations.

  • She went to mass every Sunday for many years, and when she retired, she took to going on some weekdays, too.
• 4

  ChristianityThe sacrament of the Eucharist.

• 5

  A musical setting of parts of the mass.

massverb詞源 2/mæs/

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  obsoleteTo celebrate mass.

  • massing priests

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• Massachusetts
• Mas