英语释义

1. one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes

2. a division of society based on differences of wealth, inherited rank or privilege, profession, occupation, or race

3. the position conferred by caste standing prestige
art and religion have lost caste
— F. L. Baumer

4. a system of rigid social stratification characterized by hereditary status, endogamy, and social barriers sanctioned by custom, law, or religion

5. a specialized form (such as the worker of an ant or bee) of a polymorphic social insect that carries out a particular function in the colony
soldier castes for fighting enemy ants

6. one of the classes into which the Hindu people of India were traditionally divided

7. a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation

8. one of the classes into which the Hindu people of India were formerly divided

9. a division or class of society based on wealth, rank, or occupation

10. social rank prestige

英汉例句

• Nor, casteism aside, is there much crime in the village.

  撇开印度的种姓制度不谈，村里也没有太多罪行。

相似词

class阶级；班级；种类；班；等级

estate房地产；财产；身份

folk民族；人们；亲属（复数）

gentry(Gentry)人名；(英)金特里

order命令；顺序；规则；【贸易】订单

stratum（组织的）层；[地质] 地层；社会阶层