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- a large crowd of people, especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble or violence人群; 暴民, 乱民; 乌合之众：
a mob of protesters.
抗议人群。
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- （一般作the Mob）N. Amer. the Mafia or a similar criminal organization〈北美〉黑手党; 犯罪集团。
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- Brit. informal a group of people in the same place or with something in common〈英, 非正式〉（在同一个地方或具有共同点的）一群人：
he stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes.
他一头银发, 脚穿叠跟鞋, 在人群中特别惹人注目。
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the mob
the ordinary people群氓, 普通群众：the age-old fear that the mob may organize to destroy the last vestiges of civilized life.
对群氓会组织起来破坏文明生活最后残迹的由来已久的恐惧。
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- Austral. a flock or herd of animals〈澳〉（动物）群：
a mob of cattle.
一群牛。
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mobbed, mobbing
with obj. [often be mobbed] crowd round (someone) in an unruly and excitable way in order to admire or attack them成群围住; 围攻：he was mobbed by autograph hunters.
他被渴求签名者团团围住。
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- (of a group of birds or mammals) surround and attack (a predator or other source of threat) in order to drive it off（鸟或兽群）围攻; 成群袭击。
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- N. Amer. crowd into (a building or place)〈北美〉蜂拥进入：
an unruly crowd mobbed the White House during an inaugural reception.
就职招待会时, 失控的人群涌进了白宫。
派生词
mobber
noun词源
late 17th cent.: abbreviation of archaic mobile, short for Latin mobile vulgus 'excitable crowd'.