Word · Frequency #20757
rabble
乌合之众；暴民
A mob; a disorderly crowd.
- 1.
A mob; a disorderly crowd.
暴民；骚乱的人群。
- 2.
An iron bar used in puddling.
搅炼用的铁棒。
搅炼棒；暴民；骚乱的人群。；搅炼用的铁棒。；乌合之众；暴民
In use
The rabble outside the building was shouting angrily.
The politician dismissed his critics as a mindless rabble.
A rabble of journalists crowded around the celebrity.
the rabble
常带贬义，指下层民众。
The rabble gathered in the square.
乌合之众聚集在广场上。
a rabble of [plural noun]
A rabble of protesters marched down the street.
一群暴民沿着街道游行。
verb + the rabble
常见动词搭配包括 control, incite, address 等。
The governor attempted to control the rabble.
州长试图控制暴民。
Common mistakes
They rabble in the square.They are a rabble in the square.
Rabble 作为名词意为“乌合之众”，不可作动词，应使用 be + a rabble 结构。
The earthquake turned the houses into rabble.The earthquake turned the houses into rubble.
Rabble 意为“乌合之众”，而 rubble 意为“碎石”，发音相似但意义不同，学生易混淆。
Connections
Collocations
- the rabble
- 乌合之众；群氓
- The governor dismissed the protesters as the rabble.州长把抗议者轻蔑地称为乌合之众。
- a rabble of
- 一群杂乱无章的（人）
- A rabble of noisy fans blocked the entrance to the stadium.一群吵吵嚷嚷的球迷堵住了体育场的入口。
- rabble-rouser
- 煽动暴民者
- The police arrested the rabble-rouser who had started the riot.警方逮捕了引发骚乱的煽动暴民者。
- rabble-rousing speech
- 煽动性演说
- His rabble-rousing speech turned the crowd into a violent mob.他那蛊惑人心的演讲使人群变成了暴徒。
Idioms & figurative uses
- rabble-rouser
- 煽动群众者；蛊惑人心的人She accused the speaker of being a rabble-rouser who only wanted to start trouble.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 rabble 想成 babble（乱说）多了个 r，联想为乱喊乱叫的乌合之众。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式演讲、历史叙述 多用于正式或文学语境，带有轻蔑色彩，通常指闹事的人群或下层民众；日常口语中较少说 rabble，常用 mob 或 crowd。
Grammar Note
集合名词，常与the连用，可表单数或复数概念。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 rabble 押韵的词：babble、gabble、dabble、scrabble，均读 /-æbəl/。注意拼写相似的 cable、table 读 /-eɪbəl/，并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.