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.
双语例句
1. An unruly mob broke down police barricades and stormed the courtroom.
一伙暴徒捣毁了警察设置的路障冲进法庭。
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2. Bottles and cans were hurled on the terraces by the mob.
暴徒向看台扔瓶子和罐子。
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3. A mob of women laid into him with handbags and pointed shoes.
一帮女人用手提包砸他，用鞋尖踢他。
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4. They have been exercising what amounts to mob rule.
他们一直在实行相当于暴政的统治。
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5. The inspectors watched a growing mob of demonstrators gathering.
