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Mob People Mobbed Violent Crowd N Sing Refer 例:They

单词 mob
音标
英[mɒb] 美[mɑb]
解释
n.暴徒;犯罪团伙,黑手党;民众,乌合之众;〈美俚〉匪帮,一群罪犯;vt.聚众包围;大举包围,围攻;蜂拥进入;
例句

N-COUNT
暴民;乌合之众
A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
例:Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob...暴徒向看台扔瓶子和罐子。
例: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。

N-SING
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.
例: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。
例:They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.他们一直在实行相当于暴政的统治。

N-SING
黑社会;犯罪集团
You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob .
例:...casinos that the Mob had operated...黑社会经营的赌场
例:It was a Mob killing.这是一宗黑社会犯下的杀人案件。

VERB
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.
例:Her car was mobbed by the media...她的车被媒体团团围住了。
例: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。
变形
third:mobs~done:mobbed~pl:mobs~ing:mobbing~past:mobbed~

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