| 释义 |
mob
I. \ˈmäb\ noun
(-s)
1. [origin unknown] obsolete : undress, dishabille
2. [perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch mop woman's cap] : mobcap
II. verb
(mobbed ; mobbed ; mobbing ; mobs)
transitive verb
1. [perhaps back-formation from moble] archaic : to muffle the head of (as in a hood)
2. [mob (I) ] archaic : to dress (oneself) negligently
intransitive verb
archaic : to go to an unfashionable place disguised or so dressed as to avoid recognition
III. noun
(-s)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: short for mobile (III)
1. : the lower classes of a community : the populace or the lower part of it : masses
< the use of superstition for the purpose of policing the mob — Benjamin Farrington >
< political spellbinding to appeal to the mob mind >
2.
a. : a large and disorderly collection of people tending to acts of violence
< windows smashed and police beaten by the angry mob >
< a fear of mob rule >
b. obsolete : people in a large disorderly group — used without an article
< the lane was full of mob and the house so full we could not get in — Horace Walpole >
3. chiefly Australia : a flock, drove, or herd of animals
4.
a. : a criminal set or organization (as of pickpockets or gangsters) : gang
b. : clique, set
Synonyms: see crowd
IV. verb
(mobbed ; mobbed ; mobbing ; mobs)
transitive verb
1.
a. : to crowd about and attack or annoy
< mobbed by autograph hunters before he could enter the theater >
: attack in a mob
< a crowd tried to mob him and he ran for safety into the superintendent's office — H.S.Warner >
b. : to crowd into or around
< bargain hunters that mob the stores on sale days >
2. dialect England : to rail at : scold, abuse
3. : to hunt (as a fox) in such a way as to allow the quarry no chance to escape (as by surrounding it)
intransitive verb
: to form a disorderly mob : crowd or riot in a mob
< the waiting newsmen mobbed forward — Newsweek >
V. abbreviation
1. mobile
2. mobilization; mobilized |