noun
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

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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