- [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 憤怒的/失控的暴民 The mob was/were preparing to storm the building. 聚集的群衆準備猛攻大樓。 an excited mob of fans 一群激動的球迷 mob rule (= a situation in which a mob has control, rather than people in authority) 暴民統治
Extra Examplesthe lawless days of mob rule and anarchy 處於暴民統治和無政府狀態的沒有法紀的日子 An angry mob of demonstrators came charging around the corner. 一群憤怒的示威者從街角沖過來。 He was greeted by a mob of well-wishers eager to shake his hand. 迎接他的是一群渴望和他握手的祝福者。 Let's get out of here before the mob gets out of control. 我們在暴徒失去控制之前離開這裏。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- angry
- hostile
- unruly
- …
- form
- join
- lead
- …
- attack somebody/something
- chase somebody
- descend on somebody/something
- …
- mentality
- justice
- rule
- …
- [countable, usually singular] (informal)
a group of people who are similar in some way synonym gang一群;一幫 - the Mob[singular] (informal)
the people involved in organized crime; the Mafia 犯罪團夥;黑手黨 - [countable] (Australian English, New Zealand English)
a group of animals synonym flock, herd(動物的)群 a mob of cattle 一群牛
Word Originlate 17th cent.: abbreviation of archaic mobile, short for Latin mobile vulgus ‘excitable crowd’.
Idioms
the heavy mob/brigade
- (British English, informal)
a group of strong, often violent people employed to do something such as protect somebody (僱傭的)打手隊,保镖團