n.暴民；一伙；[貶]民眾

vt.大舉包圍；蜂擁而入

The speaker was roughly handled by the mob. 演說者受到暴民的粗暴對待。

A mob of youths had been dogging me for some time. 一段時(shí)間以來一伙年輕人一直在尾隨著我。

More sinister is the involvement of the heavy mob. 更危險(xiǎn)的是眾多無知民眾的卷入。

Pop stars are always moaning about being mobbed by their fans. 流行歌星總是抱怨他們受到歌迷的包圍。

The waiting newsmen mobbed forward. 等候的記者們蜂擁向前。

mob用作名詞時(shí)的基本意思是“成群的暴徒”,引申還可表示“有勢力的犯罪集團(tuán)〔團(tuán)伙〕”。mob是可數(shù)集合名詞,當(dāng)以其單數(shù)形式作主語時(shí),如強(qiáng)調(diào)一個(gè)整體,謂語動(dòng)詞用單數(shù)形式,如強(qiáng)調(diào)其成員,謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式。

mob用作名詞時(shí)意思是“暴民”“下層民眾”,轉(zhuǎn)化為動(dòng)詞時(shí)表示“聚眾包圍”,多指不善意地“圍攻”。

mob多用作及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語,可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

mob的過去式、過去分詞均為mobbed。