| 单词 | gang |
| 释义 | gang gang1 /gang/, n. 1. a group or band: A gang of boys gathered around the winning pitcher. 2. a group of youngsters or adolescents who associate closely, often exclusively, for social reasons, esp. such a group engaging in delinquent behavior. 3. a group of people with compatible tastes or mutual interests who gather together for social reasons: I'm throwing a party for the gang I bowl with. 4. a group of persons working together; squad; shift: a gang of laborers. 5. a group of persons associated for some criminal or other antisocial purpose: a gang of thieves. 6. a set of tools, electronic components or circuits, oars, etc., arranged to work together or simultaneously. 7. a group of identical or related items. v.t. 8. to arrange in groups or sets; form into a gang: to gang illustrations for more economical printing on one sheet. 9. to attack in a gang. v.i. 10. to form or act as a gang: Cutthroats who gang together hang together. 11. gang up on, Informal. (of a number of persons) to unite in opposition to (a person); combine against: The bigger boys ganged up on the smaller ones in the schoolyard. [1300-50; ME; OE gang, gong manner of going, way, passage; c. OHG gang, ON gangr, Goth gagg; cf. GANG2] Syn. 1. company, crowd, crew; party, set, clique, coterie. 4. team. gang2 /gang/, v.i. Chiefly Scot. and North Eng. to walk or go. [bef. 900; ME gangen, OE gangan, gongan; c. OHG gangan, ON ganga, Goth gaggan; cf. GANG1, n. deriv. from same base] |
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