caste

caste的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [kæst]
KK音标发音： [kæst]

caste的词性：
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

caste的词源：

7. Spanish casta [race]
西班牙语 casta [种族]

8. 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]

9. from Latin castus * see kes-
源自 拉丁语 castus *参见 kes-