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。
• When you get some mobs on you, just run through and feign death.
  当你找一些暴民在你刚刚贯穿和佯死。
• She said micro blogs seem to have given mobs and people with split personalities an outlet for expression.
  她称，微博似乎给了那些暴徒以及人格分裂的民众一个发泄情感的途径。
• 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。
• I watched mobs of masked and hooded arsonists in London and other English cities doing exactly what we did during the Los Angeles riots of 1992.
  看到那些戴着兜帽的蒙面暴徒（纵火犯），在伦敦和英国其他城市肆意妄为，那情形和我们在1992年洛杉矶骚乱中的所作所为一模一样。
• Not many mobs playing that anymore.
  帮派份子现在也不玩了。
• Rowdy mobs gathered in the leading thoroughfares.
  一群暴徒在要道聚众闹事。
• Mobs goaded by blind hatred.
  暴民受盲目的仇恨所驱使。
• I have eggs pain behind the boss to the point of authority, and I was turned around and prepared to clear mobs then found that I had sent a copy to be passed suggest, only to find I was removed ranks.
  我背后的老板鸡蛋权威点疼痛，我转身准备清除然后发现我已经发出了要通过复制暴徒建议，才发现我被拆除行列。
• There was a raid on a bank by armed mobs yesterday.
  昨天发生了一起武装暴徒抢劫银行的事件。