a type of woman's indoor cap, 1795 (as simply mob, 1748), from cap (n.) + obsolete mob (n.) "negligent attire" (1660s), earlier "a strumpet" (earlier form mab, 1550s), related to obsolete verb mob "to tousle the hair, to dress untidily" (1660s), and perhaps ultimately from mop, but influenced by Mab as a female name. Dutch has a similar compound, mopmuts, but the relationship between it and the English word is uncertain.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom.
一伙暴徒搗毀了警察設(shè)置的路障沖進(jìn)法庭。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob.
暴徒向看臺(tái)扔瓶子和罐子。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. A mob of women laid into him with handbags and pointed shoes.
一幫女人用手提包砸他，用鞋尖踢他。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.
他們一直在實(shí)行相當(dāng)于暴政的統(tǒng)治。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.