mobbed
mobbed — 名詞
1. a large group of people who are angry or excited and likely to become violent or
暴民
憤怒、可能失控的群眾
a large group of people who are angry or excited and likely to become violent or cause trouble
An angry mob gathered outside the town hall, shouting and waving banners.
一群憤怒的暴民聚集在市政廳外，高喊口號並揮舞旗幟。
collocation: angry mob + gathered + location
The police arrived quickly to control the mob before anyone got hurt.
警方迅速到場控制暴民，以免有人受傷。
By late evening the mob had grown to more than two thousand people.
到了傍晚，暴民人數已增加到兩千多人。
A mob of protesters blocked the main road into the city centre.
一群暴民封鎖了通往市中心的主要道路。
pattern: a mob of + noun
The mayor was forced to speak directly to the mob from a second-floor balcony.
市長被迫在二樓陽台上直接向暴民喊話。
- angry mob
- mob violence
- mob rule
- mob mentality
- a mob of protesters
文法句型
a mob + of + plural noun
用法筆記
Often used with adjectives like 'angry,' 'violent,' or 'unruly.' The phrase 'mob rule' describes a situation where a crowd takes control instead of the law.
常見錯誤
2. a set of people that know one another well and regularly spend leisure time toge
一群人
一群朋友或熟識的人
a set of people that know one another well and regularly spend leisure time together
Ayana met up with her mob of college friends at the usual café.
Ayana 和她那群大學朋友在常去的咖啡廳碰面。
informal register: someone's mob
Sven and his mob go surfing every Saturday morning.
Sven 和他那群朋友每個星期六早上都去衝浪。
Lien's mob from art school always comes to support her gallery openings.
Lien 那群藝術學院的朋友總會來支持她的畫廊開幕。
The whole mob showed up at Hugo's house for the championship game.
那群朋友全跑到 Hugo 家看冠軍賽。
pattern: the whole mob
- my mob
- someone's mob
- the whole mob
文法句型
someone's mob
用法筆記
Mainly used in informal British and Australian English to refer to one's usual group of friends or workmates. In this sense, 'mob' has a friendly, positive tone — very different from the angry-crowd sense.
常見錯誤
3. a secret organisation of criminals who work together, especially one involved in
幫派
有組織的犯罪集團
a secret organisation of criminals who work together, especially one involved in activities such as illegal gambling, drug trafficking, and murder
The Mob controlled most of the illegal gambling in the city for decades.
數十年來，黑幫掌控了城中大部分的非法賭博活動。
the Mob = organised crime
Manuela's grandfather was a lawyer who helped convict several mob bosses.
Manuela 的爺爺是一名律師，協助將多名黑幫老大定罪。
collocation: mob boss
A rival mob tried to take over their drug-trafficking routes.
敵對幫派試圖奪取他們的毒品走私路線。
The police investigation uncovered links between the mob and local politicians.
警方的調查揭露了黑幫與當地政客之間的關聯。
collocation: links between the mob and...
Witnesses were too afraid to testify against the mob in court.
證人因過於害怕而不敢在法庭上指控黑幫。
- mob boss
- mob hit
- mobster
- organised crime mob
- the Mob
文法句型
the Mob
用法筆記
When capitalised as 'the Mob,' it specifically refers to the Mafia or a similar well-known organised-crime network. In lower case, 'a mob' can refer to any criminal gang.
常見錯誤
mobbed — 動詞
- mobbedpresent simple I / you / we / they
- mobbeds3rd person singular
- mobbedding-ing form
- mobbeddedpast simple
1. to press around a person as part of a large group because you are excited, angry
簇擁；圍攻
因崇拜或憤怒而團團圍住
to press around a person as part of a large group because you are excited, angry, or very interested in them — for example, when fans rush toward a celebrity or a crowd surrounds a politician
Fans mobbed the K-pop singer as she stepped out of the hotel entrance.
那位 K-pop 歌手一走進飯店大門，粉絲們就簇擁而上。
past active: mobbed + celebrity
The reporter was mobbed by journalists from rival stations when the news broke.
消息傳出後，那名記者被各競爭媒體的同業團團圍住。
passive: was mobbed by [group]
Talia's classmates mobbed her after she won the national science prize.
Talia 贏得全國科展獎項後，同學們蜂擁而上圍住她。
As soon as the doors opened, customers mobbed the sale section of the department store.
百貨公司大門一開，顧客們就湧向特賣區。
The politician was mobbed by supporters asking for selfies and handshakes.
那位政治人物被要求合照與握手的支持者團團圍住。
- mobbed by fans
- mobbed by reporters
- mobbed by supporters
- mobbed the stage
- swarm
suggests a very large, uncontrolled crowd; also used for insects or animals
- crowd around
less intense; describes people gathering without the excitement or hostility
- besiege
more formal and intense; suggests being trapped or under constant pressure
文法句型
mob + someone
be mobbed + by + plural noun
用法筆記
Commonly used in the passive ('was mobbed by...'). The subject doing the mobbing is always a group of people, never a single individual.
常見錯誤
2. (of relatively small creatures such as birds) to gather around and attack a larg
群起攻擊
（動物）集體驅趕較大的天敵
(of relatively small creatures such as birds) to gather around and attack a larger, more dangerous animal together in order to drive it away from their territory or young
A flock of crows mobbed the hawk and chased it out of the field.
一群烏鴉群起攻擊那隻老鷹，並將牠趕出田野。
birds mobbing a predator
Smaller birds often mob the owl that hunts near the barn at night.
較小的鳥類經常集體攻擊那隻夜間在穀倉附近狩獵的貓頭鷹。
The seagulls mobbed the fox when it came too close to their nesting ground.
當狐狸太靠近海鷗的巢穴時，海鷗們會群起攻擊牠。
The songbirds mobbed the snake that had climbed into the tree near their nest.
那條蛇爬進樹上鳥巢附近時，鳴禽們群起攻擊牠。
- mob a predator
- birds mobbing
- mob a hawk
- mobbed by seagulls
文法句型
mob + animal
用法筆記
This sense is specific to animal behaviour. You would not use it for humans. It is most often seen in nature documentaries, birdwatching guides, and biology texts.
常見錯誤
3. to fill a place with a very large number of people who are all trying to get in
擠滿
大量人潮湧入某處
to fill a place with a very large number of people who are all trying to get in or be there at the same time
Shoppers mobbed the mall on the last Saturday before Christmas.
聖誕節前的最後一個星期六，購物人潮擠滿了購物中心。
active: [people] mobbed [place]
The tiny bakery was mobbed with customers every lunchtime.
那間小麵包店每到午餐時間就擠滿了客人。
passive: was mobbed with [people]
Thousands of tourists mobbed the beach during the summer festival.
暑假期間，數千名遊客擠滿了海灘。
The train station was mobbed with travellers trying to get home for New Year.
火車站擠滿了想趕回家過年的旅客。
- mobbed with shoppers
- mobbed with tourists
- mobbed with customers
- mobbed the store
- empty
the opposite state — having very few or no people
文法句型
mob + place
be mobbed with + plural noun
用法筆記
Unlike sense 1, this sense focuses on the place being extremely crowded rather than on people surrounding an individual. Frequently passive: 'was mobbed with.'
常見錯誤
同根字
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- mob boss
- mob hit
- mob violence
- mob mentality
- mob rule
常用片語
- angry mob
- organised crime mob
- the Mob
- my mob
介系詞搭配
- mob of
- mobbed by
- mobbed with