mob

1. N-COUNT A mob is a large, disorganized, and often violent crowd of people. 一大群亂民

The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering. 這些監(jiān)察員看著越來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. 犯罪團伙[非正式]

He makes ends meet by working as a forger for the Mob. 他通過為犯罪團伙造假來養(yǎng)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[英國英語]

If they continue like this there is a danger of the mob taking over. 如果他們繼續(xù)如此，就有被暴民接管的危險。

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. 成群圍住[usu passive]

Her car was mobbed by the media. 她的汽車被媒體團團圍住。