mob
音标发音
- 英式音标 [mɒb]
- 美式音标 [mɑːb]
- 国际音标 [mɔb]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 暴民,暴徒;民众;乌合之众
- vt. 大举包围,围攻;蜂拥进入
- vi. 聚众生事,聚众滋事
词源解说
- 17世纪80年代进入英语,直接源自拉丁语的mobile vulgus,意为喜怒无常的群众。
词根记忆
- 那群暴民(mob)到处抢劫(rob)
用法辨析
- mob用作名词时的基本意思是“成群的暴徒”,引申还可表示“有势力的犯罪集团〔团伙〕”。mob是可数集合名词,当以其单数形式作主语时,如强调一个整体,谓语动词用单数形式,如强调其成员,谓语动词用复数形式。
- mob用作名词时意思是“暴民”“下层民众”,转化为动词时表示“聚众包围”,多指不善意地“围攻”。
- mob多用作及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- mob的过去式、过去分词均为mobbed。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- An angry mob is attacking the palace.
愤怒的暴徒在攻击王宫。 - Fans mobbed the actor where he went.
那位演员走到哪里,影迷们都围着他。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- confront 〔control, disperse〕the mob 面对〔控制,驱散〕暴民
- organized mob 有组织的暴徒
- undisciplined mob 乌合之众
- mob the police 围攻警察
- mob the singer 围着歌星
- mob the stores 围着商场转
- mob forward 向前挤
- Flash mob 快闪党;快闪族;快闪行动;闪客
- mob rule 暴民统治;暴徒统治;黑金企业
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
形容词+~
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
~+副词
短语
英英字典
- a large, angry crowd, especially one that could easily become violent
- to come together around someone in a crowd to express admiration, interest, or anger
- A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people.
- You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob.
- People sometimes use the mob to 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.
- If you say that someone is being mobbed by a crowd of people, you mean that the people are trying to talk to them or get near them in an enthusiastic or threatening way.