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