单词 | mob |
释义 | mob —mobber, mobbist, n. —mobbish, adj. —mobbishly, adv. —mobbishness, n. —mobbism, n. /mob/, n., adj., v., mobbed, mobbing. n. 1. a disorderly or riotous crowd of people. 2. a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence. 3. any group or collection of persons or things. 4. the common people; the masses; populace or multitude. 5. a criminal gang, esp. one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc. 6. the Mob, Mafia (def. 1). 7. Sociol. a group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity. 8. a flock, herd, or drove of animals: a mob of sheep. adj. 9. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a lawless, irrational, disorderly, or riotous crowd: mob rule; mob instincts. 10. directed at or reflecting the lowest intellectual level of the common people: mob appeal; the mob mentality. v.t. 11. to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility: Spectators mobbed the courtroom. 12. to attack in a riotous mob: The crowd mobbed the consulate. 13. Fox Hunting. to chop (a fox). [1680-90; short for L mobile vulgus the movable (i.e., changeable, inconstant) common people] |
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