caste：释义

Any of the hereditary, endogamous social classes or subclasses of traditional Hindu society, stratified according to Hindu ritual purity, especially the Brahman, Kshatriya, Vaisya, and Sudra castes.

A social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank, profession, or wealth.

A social system or the principle of grading society based on castes.

The social position or status conferred by a system based on castes: lose caste by doing work beneath one's station.

A specialized level in a colony of social insects, such as ants, in which the members, such as workers or soldiers, carry out a specific function.