a mass of =masses of 大量的.其后接可数名词和不可数名词均可.由
它构成的词组作主语时,谓语动词的数取决于 mass 或 masses.例如：
①There are masses of ice in the river.河里有很多冰.
② There is a mass of children in the yard.院子里有很多孩子.
③I've a mass of things to do this morning.今天上午我要处理很多事.
④There are masses of people in the hall.大厅里有很多人.
mass
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n.
1.团,块,堆,片,群
2.众多;大量,大宗[S][P][(+of)]
I've masses of work to do.
我有许许多多的工作要做.
There was a mass of children in the yard.
院子里有一大群孩子.
3.大部分,主要部分[the S]
The mass of public opinion is in favor of the new foreign policy.
大部分的舆论拥护新的外交政策.
4.大众,民众[the p]
I wonder if they are truly concerned with the interests of the masses.
我不知道他们是否真正关心民众的利益.
5.【物】质量[U]
A liter of gas has less mass than a liter of water.
一公升汽油的质量比一公升水的质量小.
a.[Z][B]
1.大众的,民众的
Mass education is essential in promoting democracy.
民众教育对提倡民主是非常重要的.
2.大量的;大规模的;大批的
We want to promote literacy on a mass scale.
我们要大规模地提高文化水平.
3.整个的,全部的
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1.聚集起来
Dark clouds massed and we expected rain.
乌云密布,看起来就要下雨了.
vt.
1.集中,聚集
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1.平民;群众
用masses’来作为所有格 是可以的
