| 单词 | rabble |
| 释义 | rabble (once / 1672 pages) n A rabble is a noisy gathering of people. The police might arrive to calm the rabble that crowds the sidewalks after a huge win for the local football team. You can use the noun rabble for any mob of angry or excited people, whether it's a political gathering or a rowdy celebration. Rabble also means "commoners," but it's a snobby and somewhat offensive way to talk about ordinary folks: "The king preferred to stay inside his castle, far away from the rabble." Originally, rabble meant "pack of animals." WORD FAMILYrabble: rabbles USAGE EXAMPLESI proudly support extrajudicial drug murders in the Philippines, because that will really keep the rabble under wraps. Salon(Dec 15, 2016) Back then she was in her early 20s, unsure of what this rabble of young bearded revolutionaries might mean for her country. BBC(Dec 03, 2016) But there were also computer engineers and famous architects, as well as what the president called “rabble rousers” and philanthropists. Washington Post(Nov 22, 2016) 1n a disorderly crowd of people Syn|Hypo|Hyper mob, rout lynch mob a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority crowd a large number of things or people considered together 2n disparaging terms for the common people Syn|Hypo|Hyper ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, riffraff scum, trash worthless people common people, folk, folks people in general (often used in the plural) |
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