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caste

英[kɑːst] 美[kæst]
  • n. (印度社会中的)种姓;(具有严格等级差别的)社会地位;(排他的)社会团体
  • n. (Caste)人名;(英、法)卡斯特

英英释意


1. social status or position conferred by a system based on class;
"lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"
2. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity
3. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth