caste
n.(名词)
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
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
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
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
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:
例句:
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
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
来源:
Spanish casta [race]
西班牙语 casta [种族]
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]
from Latin castus * see kes-
源自 拉丁语 castus *参见 kes-