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rabble

/rab-uhl/US // ˈræb əl //UK // (ˈræbəl) //

胡说八道,胡言乱语,乌合之众,胡说乱道

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a disorderly crowd; mob.
    • : the rabble, the lower classes; the common people: The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rab·bled, rab·bling.

    • : to beset as a rabble does; mob.

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Examples

  • All the excitement of her rabble rousing had been suitably extinguished, along with our enthusiasm for this show.

  • This is because, to the rabble-rousers Reed can manage to convene these days, Priebus is Da Man.

  • The trial brought accusations of lewd rabble-rousing and rampant sexism at corporate events—bad publicity to say the least.

  • He was quickly apprehended by the cops, who lined the street and kept rabble rousers on the sidewalks.

  • Earlier in the book, Murray waxed indignant about the "condescension toward the rabble" he detected in the new upper class.

  • A touch of the spurs sent Nejdi with a mighty bound into the midst of the rabble who held the road.

  • Soult's corps arrived without cannon or baggage, a mere armed rabble, and Ney's men jeered at the disorganised battalions.

  • Maltby and Butler chased John Burke and his rabble up and down the country, but could never come up with them.

  • But a woful rude rabble there was, and such noises, made my head ake all this evening.

  • This process effected a total change of deportment in the small rabble that stood looking on.