释义 |
ˈmob-handed, a. colloq. [f. mob n.1 + handed a. 1 b.] In considerable numbers, constituting a large body.
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack xix. 254 His companions had been ‘mob-handed’, that is to say, working in a big group. 1966A. Prior Operators vi. 64 Mo and his brother had returned home penniless to find the police mob⁓handed. 1970Sunday Tel. 9 Aug. 27/7 The evergreen X class [of yachts] turned out mob-handed at 60 strong. |