rabble

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rab·ble /ˈræbəl/ noun [singular]

CROWDa noisy crowd of people 乌合之众；暴民

rabble of

a rabble of angry youths

一群吵嚷、愤怒的年轻人

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Examples from the Corpus

rabble• We portray ourselves as a rabble, and certainly are no example to the fourth form in a school.• As he arrived he was met by a rabble of noisy, angry youths.• the Hollywood movie rabble• Come, Sylvia, we've better things to do than go chasing after that silly rabble.• Why on earth they believe we control that rabble in West Berlin is beyond me.• If any of the rabble attempts to enter the palace, shoot them.• Vulnerable to the rabble rousers, to the Communists, to the Fascists, even to the hated Zionists.

Origin rabble

(1300-1400) Perhaps from rabble “to talk in a quick confused way” ((14-19 centuries))

rab·ble noun

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