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caste n.社会等级，等级 caste (n.) 1550s, "a race of men," from Latin castus "chaste," from castus "cut off, separated; pure" (via notion of "cut off" from faults), past participle of carere "to be cut off from" (and related to castration), from PIE *kas-to-, from root *kes- "to cut" (cognates: Latin cassus "empty, void"). Originally spelled cast in English and later often merged with cast (n.) in its secondary sense "sort, kind, style." Application to Hindu social groups was picked up by English in India 1610s from Portuguese casta "breed, race, caste," earlier casta raça, "unmixed race," from the same Latin word. The current spelling of of the English word is from this reborrowing. Caste system is first recorded 1840. 【记】古代castle(城堡)里等级森严

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[kɑ:st] 【英】 n.社会等级，等级(ri gid class distinction)【记】 原指印度教的种姓制 度 n. 社会等级, 等级(rigid class distinction)【记】原指印度教的种姓制度

单词	caste
音标	[kɑ:st]
解释	n.社会等级，等级
红宝书	【英】 n.社会等级，等级(ri gid class distinction) 【记】原指印度教的种姓制度
字源	caste (n.) 1550s, "a race of men," from Latin castus "chaste," from castus "cut off, separated; pure" (via notion of "cut off" from faults), past participle of carere "to be cut off from" (and related to castration), from PIE kas-to-, from root kes- "to cut" (cognates: Latin cassus "empty, void"). Originally spelled cast in English and later often merged with cast (n.) in its secondary sense "sort, kind, style." Application to Hindu social groups was picked up by English in India 1610s from Portuguese casta "breed, race, caste," earlier casta raça, "unmixed race," from the same Latin word. The current spelling of of the English word is from this reborrowing. Caste system is first recorded 1840.
不择手段背单词	n. 社会等级, 等级(rigid class distinction) 【记】原指印度教的种姓制度
趣味全助记	【记】古代castle(城堡)里等级森严

Caste Latin English Class Distinction N Castus Cut