名词

1. (印度社会的)种姓，等级
A caste is one of the traditional social classes into which people are divided in a Hindu society.

2. 种姓制度;社会等级制度
Caste is the system of dividing people in a society into different social classes.

1. in some social insects (such as ants) a physically distinct individual or group of individuals specialized to perform certain functions in the colony

2. a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth

3. (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus
stratified according to ritual purity

4. social status or position conferred by a system based on class

e.g. lose caste by doing work beneath one's station