| 单词 | caste |
| 释义 | caste[kæst, kɑ:st]n. 印度的种姓制度, (排他的)社会团体 caste caste AHD: [k²st] D.J. [k#st]K.K. [k#st]n.（名词）1. Any of four classes, comprising numerous subclasses, constituting Hindu society.印度的世袭等级：构成印度社会的、由无数个次等级组成的四个社会等级之一2. Any of numerous hereditary, endogamous social subclasses stratified according to Hindu ritual purity.种姓：根据印度教仪式的纯洁性划分的无数个世袭的、内部通婚的次等级之一3. A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.特权阶级：通过世袭的地位、职业或财富和其他社会阶层分开的一个阶级4. A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.等级制度：以种姓为基础的等级社会的社会体制或原则5. The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes:社会地位：等级制度所授予的社会地位：lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.由于做低于自己身份的工作而丧失社会地位6. A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.有社会组织的昆虫的阶级：群居动物，如蚂蚁的聚居地中的一个特殊阶层，其成员如工蚁或兵蚁在其中发挥特殊的作用语源:1. Spanish casta [race] 西班牙语 casta [种族] 2. Portuguese casta [race, caste] [both from feminine of] casto [pure] 葡萄牙语 casta [种族，种姓] [] 两者皆源自casto的阴性词 [纯洁的] 3. from Latin castus * see kes- 源自 拉丁语 castus *参见 kes- |
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