caste
[kɑ:st, 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
参考例子
1."All ready?" the captain asked the engineer, a Portuguese half-caste, whose head and shoulders protruded from the small hatch.
“准备好了吗？”船长问轮机手--一个葡萄牙混血儿，他从一个小舱口探出脑袋和肩膀。
2.Fragments remained as Indonesia and the Pacific islands, and a few survivors reached India, where they became the elite Brahman caste.
碎片仍然在印度尼西亚和太平洋岛屿，少数生还者到达了印度，他们成为了婆罗门精英阶层。
3.Many things restrain India's economy, from a government that depends on Communist support to the caste system, power cuts and rigid labour laws.
许多因素抑制着印度的经济，从一个依靠共产主义支持的政府，到世袭等级制度、能源短缺、刻板僵化的劳动法。
英文解释
n.
1.social status or position conferred by a system based on class
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
网络释义
caste
社会地位; 社会等级; 世袭阶级; 种姓;
caste differentiation
阶级分化;
caste pheromone
阶层信息素;
Christian caste
基督教徒种姓制度;
Judicator Caste
执法官阶级;