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Mob People Crowd Group Violent Mobbed Singular Verb

The word 'mob' as a noun refers to a large, disorganized, and potentially violent crowd of people, also meaning the Mafia or a group.

mob /mɒb/ N-COUNT 可数名词:暴民;乌合之众 A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]暴民;乌合之众 A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
  • Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob...

    暴徒向看台扔瓶子和罐子。

  • The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.

    督察们看见越来越多愤怒的示威者聚集到一起。

2
[N-SING 单数名词]大众(含贬义);(尤指)愤怒暴乱的群众 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.
  [the N]
  [disapproval]
  • If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over...

    如果他们继续这样下去,就有可能被暴动的群众控制局面。

  • They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.

    他们一直在实行相当于暴政的统治。

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[N-SING 单数名词]黑社会;犯罪集团 You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob .
  [usu the N]
  [INFORMAL 非正式]
  • ...casinos that the Mob had operated...

    黑社会经营的赌场

  • It was a Mob killing.

    这是一宗黑社会犯下的杀人案件。

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[VERB 动词]团团围住;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.
  [be V-ed]
  [usu passive]
  • Her car was mobbed by the media...

    她的车被媒体团团围住了。

  • They found themselves being mobbed in the street for autographs.

    他们发现自己被索要签名的人群围堵在大街上。


Oxford mob / mɒb ; NAmE mɑːb /
noun
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verb
mob mobs mobbed mobbing
noun 1 [countable ,  singular + singular or plural verb ] a large crowd of people, especially one that may become violent or cause trouble 人群;(尤指)暴民 an angry/unruly mob 愤怒的╱失控的暴民 The mob was/were preparing to storm the building. 聚集的群众准备猛攻大楼。 an excited mob of fans 一群激动的球迷 mob rule (= a situation in which a mobhas control, rather than people in authority) 暴民统治 see also
lynch mob
2 [countable ,  usually singular ] ( informal) a group of people who are similar in some way 帮派;团伙 SYN
gang
All the usual mob were there. 所有帮派成员都在那里。
3 the Mob [singular ] ( informal) the people involved in organized crime; the Mafia 犯罪团伙;黑手党 4 [countable ] ( AustralE, NZE) a group of animals (动物的)群 SYN
flock
,
herd
a mob of cattle 一群牛
IDIOMsee
heavy
adj.
verb ( -bb- ) [usually passive ] 1 mobsth if a crowd of birds or animals mobanother bird or animal, they gather round it and attack it (鸟群或兽群)围攻,聚众袭击 2 mobsb if a person is mobbedby a crowd of people, the crowd gathers round them in order to see them and try and get their attention (人群)围聚,围拢 SYN
besiege
mob / mɒb ; NAmE mɑːb /
LDC
mob1 noun
mob2 verb
mobmob1 /mɒb $ mɑːb/ ●●○ noun [countable]
Word Origin
Examples
Thesaurus
Collocations
Phrases
1a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violentmob of a mob of a few hundred demonstrators They were immediately surrounded by the mob. The leadership had been criticized for giving in to mob rule (=when a mob controls the situation rather than the government or the law). see thesaurus at
group
2informal a group of people of the same type SYN  gangmob of The usual mob of teenagers were standing on the corner.the heavy mob British English (=group of strong violent men) What happens if they send the heavy mob round to find him?3the Mob the mafia (=a powerful organization of criminals)4the mob old use an insulting expression meaning all the poorest and least educated people in society5mob of sheep/cattle Australian English a large group of sheep or cattle
mob1 noun
mob2 verb
mobmob2 verb (past tense and past participle mobbed, present participle mobbing) [transitive]
Verb Table
Examples
1if people mob a famous person, they rush to get close to them and form a crowd around them:  Fans ran onto the pitch and mobbed the batsman.2if a group of birds or animals mob another bird or animal, they all attack it
WDF

mob

[mɒb]mobbed, mobbing, mobs

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mobbed[355] mobs[445]
暴民(82%),一伙(10%),大举包围(7%),蜂拥而入(1%)
n.暴民,暴徒;民众;乌合之众
vt.大举包围,围攻;蜂拥进入
vi.聚众生事,聚众滋事

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