mobs

英 [mɒbz]

美 [mɑːbz]

n.  人群; (尤指)暴民; 一群，一帮(有共同点的人); 犯罪团伙; 黑手党
v.  (鸟群或兽群)围攻，聚众袭击; (人群)围聚，围拢
mob的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 暴民;乌合之众
  Amobis a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
  1. Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob...
     暴徒向看台扔瓶子和罐子。
  2. 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 usethe mobto 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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 asthe Mob.
  1. ...casinos that the Mob had operated...
     黑社会经营的赌场
  2. 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 someoneis being mobbed bya crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way.
  1. Her car was mobbed by the media...
     她的车被媒体团团围住了。
  2. 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。

双语例句

• Screaming mobs, mostly of jobless young men, will surely use any irregularities to make trouble.
  大声叫嚷的群氓（多数是无业青年）肯定会做出很多违反行为来制造麻烦。
• I'm trying to find out how vindication works on mobs.
  我想试试辩护对小怪到底有甚麽作用。
• Mobs of young people lashed out against their elders and attacked the intellectual elite.
  年轻人中的暴徒鞭打和反对他们的长辈，攻击知识分子。
• Mobs went on a rampage, looting shops and government buildings, and spreading fear in middle-class neighbourhoods.
  犯罪分子到处肆虐，抢劫商店和政府大楼，使中产阶级居住区弥漫着恐惧气氛。
• He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.
  他不能做群众的领袖，也不能带头穿时装。
• It does a bit of Holy damage so that you can break sheep or freezing traps to pull mobs.
  它同时产生一点点神圣伤害，所以你可以用来破羊或者冰陷阱来拉怪。
• When stealthed, there is now an indicator above the heads of mobs that can see through stealth.
  当你处于潜行状态时，现在在能侦测潜行的怪物头上有一个标志。
• Mobs push toward the gates until it's clear no train is coming, Riminton said.
  人群于是推挤着向大门移动，直到大家很清楚的发现火车并没有来。
• The act had a specific intent, to protect freed slaves from white mobs.
  这项法案有明确的目的，即保护被解放的奴隶免受白人暴民的伤害。
• The mobs seemed to rage without any fear of police action.
  这些暴徒们疯狂地施暴却丝毫也不担心警察的执法行动。