rabble
/ˈræbl/noun
1- a disorderly crowd; a mob混乱的人群, 乌合之众; 暴民:
he was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths.
他遭遇了一群聒噪、愤怒的年轻人。
1.1
the rabble
ordinary people, especially when regarded as socially inferior or uncouth下等人, 群氓。
词源
late Middle English (in the senses 'string of meaningless words' and 'pack of animals'): perhaps related to dialect rabble 'to gabble'.