a quantity or consignment of goods produced at one time 一批生产量 ■(informal)a number of things or people regarded as a group or set (非正式)一组,一批,一群(人) a batch of loyalists and sceptics. 一批勤王者和怀疑论者。 ■(Computing)a group of records processed as a single unit, usually without input from a user (计算机)(通常不需要用户输入的)批量,成批(数据)
verb
[with obj.]arrange (things) in sets or groups 分组,分批
语源
late 15th cent. (in the senses 'process of baking', 'quantity produced at one baking'): based on an Old English word related to bacan (see bake).Current senses date from the early 18th cent