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If people arrive mob-handed, they come together in a large group, more people than you strictly needed, often so the other side feels . Police might go into a place mob-handed; a pack of friends might turn up mob-handed to help you move house. It is British informal, a bit colourful, and it often has a feeling of “too many, on purpose” — not merely “there were several of us.” Two people are not a mob. You would not use it in careful writing.
成群結隊地、帶著一大群人(英國口語)
組成mob (a crowd) + handed (here: coming with that many people). Same building pattern as single-handed, “done with one person.”
同家族的字
- mobthe crowd in the first half of the word
- single-handedthe same -handed pattern, but meaning done by one person rather than by a crowd
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
mob-handedadj
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Being a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
- 'I didn't expect to see you today,' he went on, 'especially not mob-handed. Mind you, I don't remember a great deal about seeing you yesterday.'
- It was 2-0 on 40 minutes, the goal coming after another mob-handed attack against a defence that just seemed to be sinking backwards.
mob-handedadv
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As a member of a group, especially one with violent or threatening intent.
- The forces of the law waded in mob-handed when, it seems, they ought to have applied a lighter, more consensual touch.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。