单词 | gang |
释义 | gang 1 ![]() n. 1. A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit. 2. A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents. 3. Informal A group of people who associate regularly on a social basis: The whole gang from the office went to a clambake. 4. A group of laborers organized together on one job or under one foreperson: a railroad gang. 5. A matched or coordinated set, as of tools: a gang of chisels. 6. a. A pack of wolves or wild dogs. b. A herd, especially of buffalo or elk. v. ganged, gang·ing, gangs v.intr. To band together as a group or gang. v.tr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To arrange or assemble into a group, as for simultaneous operation or production: gang several pages onto one printing plate. 2. To attack as an organized group. gang up 1. To join together in opposition or attack: The older children were always ganging up on the little ones. 2. To act together as a group: various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs. [Middle English, band of men, from Old English, journey, and Old Norse -gangr, journey, group (as in thjofagangr, gang of thieves).] |
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