mob學測 L3KK [ˈmɑb] ｜ /ˈmɑb/
暴民；亂哄哄的群眾·黑幫；黑手黨·成群圍住；蜂擁而上
常考字，一字橫跨群眾到黑幫
The mob broke into the store and took everything inside.
暴民闖進商店，把裡面的東西全部拿走。
一個畫面：人群團團圍住
人潮逼近大批人潮朝你走來，喘不過氣
擠壓貼身被眾人擠得動彈不得
暗處聚眾幫派人馬聚在暗處密謀
義項
暴民逼近C1noun暴民；亂哄哄的群眾
The mob outside the store started shouting and pushing forward.
店外的暴民開始大喊並往前推擠。
an angry moba violent mob
暗夜黑幫C1noun黑幫；黑手黨
The mob boss owns many shops in the old town.
那個黑幫老大在舊城區擁有許多店面。
a mob bossjoin the mob
粉絲蜂擁C1verb成群圍住；蜂擁而上
Fans mobbed the singer as soon as she left the car.
歌手一下車，粉絲就蜂擁而上圍住她。
mobbed by fansget mobbed
片語
mob boss黑幫老大 →黑幫組織的首腦
flash mob快閃人群 →突然聚集又快速散去的人群
angry mob憤怒人群 →情緒激動的群眾
mob mentality群眾盲從 →跟著群體盲目行動的心理
mobbed by fans被粉絲圍 →被大批粉絲團團圍住
你會不會這樣說？
Fans ___ the actor as soon as he stepped out of the car. (mobbed / robbed)
看答案
mobbed
mob 作動詞指『蜂擁圍住』，robbed 指『搶劫』，兩字字形相近但語意不同。
'The mob boss owns many shops in the old town.' 這裡的 mob 最接近哪個意思？(A) 暴民 (B) 黑幫 (C) 蜂擁而上
看答案
(B)
此句的 mob boss 指黑幫首腦，對應『黑幫；黑手黨』的義項。
字族
mobster 黑幫份子；暴徒