mob

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. 一大群乱民
The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering. 这些监察员看着越来越多的粗暴的示威人群聚集在一起。
2. N-SING You can refer to the people involved in organized crime as the Mob. 犯罪团伙[非正式]
He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob. 他通过为犯罪团伙造假来养家糊口。
3. N-SING 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. 暴民[英国英语]
If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over. 如果他们继续如此，就有被暴民接管的危险。
4. V-T 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. 成群围住[usu passive]
Her car was mobbed by the media. 她的汽车被媒体团团围住。