词组 | mob |
释义 | mob /mɒb $ mɑːb/ noun a large noisy crowd, especially one that is angry and violentadjectivesan angry mob The speaker was surrounded by an angry mob.an unruly mob disapproving (=difficult to control) The police did not know how to deal with the unruly mob.a baying mob disapproving (=shouting loudly in a frightening way) A baying mob of reporters were waiting outside the courtroom.a lynch mob (=a group of people that want to kill someone by hanging them, without a legal trial) The man was put in a police cell to save him from a lynch mob.verbsa mob gathers A mob gathered in front of the government building.a mob surrounds sb/sth His car was surrounded by a hostile mob.a mob attacks sb/sth Their house was attacked by a mob.a mob kills/murders sb He was pursued and killed by a mob of 40 white youths.mob + nounsmob rule (=when a mob controls the situation rather than the government or the law) If leaders lose control, the result is mob rule.mob violence The incident led to mob violence against immigrants.prepositionsa mob of people A mob of 150 people attacked police with petrol bombs, bottles, and bricks. |
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