单词 | rabble |
释义 | rabble rabble1 /rab"euhl/, n. , v. , rabbled, rabbling. n. 1. a disorderly crowd; mob. 2. the rabble, the lower classes; the common people: The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt. v.t. 3. to beset as a rabble does; mob. [1350-1400; ME rabel (n.), of uncert. orig.] rabble2 —rabbler, n. /rab"euhl/, n. , v. , rabbled, rabbling. Metall. n. 1. a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace. v.t. 2. to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace. [1655-65; < F râble fire-shovel, tool, MF raable < L rutabulum implement for shifting hot coals, equiv. to *ruta(re) presumed freq. of ruere to churn up, disturb + -bulum suffix of instrument] |
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