新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

mob

英  [mɒb]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • mobs

    1[C 可数名词] 一大群乱民

    A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.

    双语例句

    例:

    The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.

    监察员看到越来越多的愤怒地示威者聚集在一起。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 暴民

    People sometimes use the mob to refer in a disapproving way to the majority of people in a country or place, especially when these people are behaving in a violent or uncontrolled way.

    双语例句

    例:

    If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over.

    如果他们继续我行我素,局面就有可能被暴动的群众掌握。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 犯罪团伙

    You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob.

    双语例句

    例:

    He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob.

    他通过为犯罪团伙造假来养家糊口。

    VERB. 动词
  • mobs , mobbing , mobbed

    1[T 及物动词] 成群围住

    If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way.

    双语例句

    例:

    Her car was mobbed by the media.

    她的车被媒体团团围住。

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