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

• 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。
• Mobs of movie stars were crowding the bar.
  许多电影明星正把酒吧间挤得满满的。
• Johnson took the job in the face of lynch mobs and bullets.
  强森在暴民与子弹的威胁下接下这项工作。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Because the two of you will need food, cooking is a must have for the hunter so you can use the cheap wow gold raw meat that you loot from mobs to help feed both you and your pet.
  因为你们俩将需要的食物，烹调是必须的猎人也因此你可以使用廉价的黄金生肉哇，你从暴徒抢劫饲料，以帮助您和您的宠物。
• 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。
• 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。