caste
noun /kɑːst/
/kæst/
- [countable] any of the four main divisions of Hindu society, originally those made according to functions in society
（印度教的四大）种姓 - the caste system
种姓制度 - high-caste Brahmins
高级种姓婆罗门
- He belongs to one of the highest castes.
他属于最高社会阶层之一。 - low-caste families
下层社会家庭 - the Hindu caste system
印度种姓制度
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- high
- low
- belong to
- system
- a member of a caste
- of high caste
- of low caste
- …
- the caste system
- [countable] a social class, especially one whose members do not allow others to join it
（尤指禁止其他等级成员进入的）社会阶层，社会等级 - the ruling caste
统治阶层
- the ruling caste
- [uncountable] the system of dividing society into classes based on differences in family origin, rank or wealth
社会等级制度 see also half-caste
词源mid 16th cent. (in the general sense ‘race, breed’): from Spanish and Portuguese casta ‘lineage, race, breed’, feminine of casto ‘pure, unmixed’, from Latin castus ‘chaste’.