a number of people or things that are dealt with as a group 一批 Each summer a new batch of students tries to find work. 每年夏天都有新的一批學生要找工作。 He worked his way through the batch of letters on his desk. 他費力地讀完了桌上的一批信。 We deliver the goods in batches. 我們分批交付貨物。
Extra ExamplesHow many books are there in each batch? 每一批書有多少本？ Have you seen the latest batch of opinion polls? 你看過最新一批民意調查嗎？ Funding has been approved for an initial batch of 35 aircraft. 首批35架飛機的資金已經批準。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- whole
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- in a/the batch
- batch of
an amount of food, medicine, etc. produced at one time （食物、藥物等的）一批生産的量 Shall I make another batch of cookies? 我是否要再做一批曲奇餅？ loaves of bread baked in batches of 20 20塊一批烘烤的面包 He baked a fresh batch of rolls. 他新烤了一爐面包圈。 It is necessary to make new batches of flu vaccine whenever a different, virulent strain of flu makes an appearance. 每當一種不同的、有毒的流感病毒出現時，就有必要生産新的流感疫苗批次。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- large
- small
- whole
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- in a/the batch
- batch of
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computing 計算機 a set of jobs that are processed together on a computer 批；批量 to process a batch job 處理一批作業 a batch file/program 批處理文件／程序 to run in batch mode 按批處理模式運行
Oxford Collocations Dictionarybatch + noun- job
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Word Originlate 15th cent. (in the senses ‘process of baking’, ‘quantity produced at one baking’): based on an Old English word related to bacan, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the early 18th cent.