mass

質量

物体に含まれる物質の量。通常グラムやキログラムで測る。

やさしい英語で： The amount of matter in an object, usually measured in grams or kilograms.

• The ball has a mass of two kilograms.
• We measured the mass of each sample.
• An object's mass stays the same when it moves to the moon.

よく使う表現： mass of something, body mass, total mass, measure mass

塊、大量

多くの物質や物が一か所に集まったもの。

やさしい英語で： A large amount of material or many things gathered together.

• A mass of leaves covered the path.
• Her hair was a tangled mass.
• Dark masses of cloud gathered above the hills.

使い方： a mass of something (A mass of branches blocked the stream.)

類義語： heap, pile, bulk

よく使う表現： mass of something, tangled mass, solid mass, great mass

ミサ

特にカトリックで、イエスを記念してパンとぶどう酒を分かち合う礼拝。

やさしい英語で： A Christian church service, especially Catholic, where bread and wine are shared in memory of Jesus.

• They attend mass every Sunday.
• The priest celebrated mass in the small chapel.
• We went to midnight mass on Christmas Eve.

類義語： Eucharist

よく使う表現： attend mass, Sunday mass, midnight mass, celebrate mass

群衆、人の群れ

大勢の人が一か所に集まったもの。

やさしい英語で： A large number of people gathered together.

• A mass of fans filled the street.
• We could barely move through the mass of people.
• The protesters formed a huge mass outside the building.

使い方： a mass of people (A mass of people waited outside the station.)

類義語： crowd, throng

よく使う表現： mass of people, mass of protesters, cheering mass, moving mass

腫瘤、しこり

体にできた異常な塊で、診察で触れたり見たりして確認できるもの。

やさしい英語で： An unusual lump in the body that can be felt or seen during a medical examination.

• The scan showed a small mass.
• The doctor felt a mass in her abdomen.
• Surgeons removed the mass and sent it for testing.

類義語： lump

よく使う表現： abdominal mass, breast mass, remove a mass, detect a mass

大量の、大規模な

非常に多くの物事に関わる、または影響する。

やさしい英語で： Affecting or involving a very large number of things.

• Mass production made the toys cheaper.
• Scientists found evidence of a mass extinction.
• The disease caused mass deaths among the birds.

類義語： large-scale, widespread

よく使う表現： mass production, mass extinction, mass destruction, mass manufacture

大衆の、集団的な、大規模な

非常に多くの人が関わる、影響を受ける、またはその人々に向けた。

やさしい英語で： Involving, affecting, or intended for a very large number of people.

• The closures caused mass unemployment.
• Thousands joined a mass protest.
• The government launched a mass vaccination programme.

類義語： large-scale, widespread

よく使う表現： mass unemployment, mass media, mass protest, mass vaccination