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mobbed

/mob/US // mɒb //UK // (mɒb) //

聚集在一起,聚集在一起的,暴徒,暴民

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a disorderly or riotous crowd of people.
    • : a crowd bent on or engaged in lawless violence.
    • : any group or collection of persons or things.
    • : the common people; the masses; populace or multitude.
    • : a criminal gang, especially one involved in drug trafficking, extortion, etc.
    • : the Mob, Mafia.
    • : Sociology. a group of persons stimulating one another to excitement and losing ordinary rational control over their activity.
    • : a flock, herd, or drove of animals: a mob of sheep.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or characteristic of a lawless, irrational, disorderly, or riotous crowd: mob rule; mob instincts.
    • : directed at or reflecting the lowest intellectual level of the common people: mob appeal; the mob mentality.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mobbed, mob·bing.

    • : to crowd around noisily, as from curiosity or hostility: Spectators mobbed the courtroom.
    • : to attack in a riotous mob: The crowd mobbed the consulate.
    • : Fox Hunting. to chop.

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Examples

  • Senators and House members who brought spurious objections to Pennsylvania’s electoral college votes after an angry mob seeking to upend our democracy stormed through the Capitol bear a heavy burden to explain their conduct.

  • Instead of peaceful protesters being doused in tear gas, we saw a mob posing for selfies with police and being allowed to wander the corridors of power like they couldn’t decide whether they were invading the Capitol or touring it.

  • Then he inspired a violent mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol.

  • They indulged and validated these seditious tendencies, even after they incited insurrectionist mob violence.

  • Many of America's top businesspeople have had enough of political pandering to the mob, and plan to deny future contributions to those who egged it on.

  • But the question is, could a thawing of relations result in a return to the mobbed-up action of yesteryear?

  • His is a fanbase so fanatical that even those pretending to be him are mobbed and celebrated.

  • And in my case, I paid for it by having to figure out how to walk down the street [without getting mobbed].

  • On its way to the stadium, the team passes through the Grove down the Walk of Champions, mobbed by adoring fans.

  • The Tropicana was a mobbed-up resort riddled with hidden ownership, casino skimming, and bad debt.

  • A riot ensued; the revenue officers were mobbed, one of their boats was burned, and they were forced to take refuge in the castle.

  • They milled and mobbed and piled on top of one another, and by that time I had landed in the plaza fronting the temple.

  • A little later another was shot down near Benedict, and a recruiting agent was mobbed and killed in Frederick County.

  • There was danger that the young editor would be mobbed, and the owners of the Observer took the paper out of his charge.

  • Merriwell was almost mobbed by the fellows who were determined that he should drink champagne with them.