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暴徒、群衆

怒っていたり、抑えが利かない行動をしたりする大勢の人々。

やさしい英語で： A large group of people behaving angrily or in an uncontrolled way.

• An angry mob gathered outside.
• Police struggled to control the mob.
• A mob of shouting men chased him down the street.

使い方： a mob of people (A mob of protesters surrounded the building.)

類義語： crowd, rabble

よく使う表現： angry mob, violent mob, mob violence

マフィア、犯罪組織

犯罪を行う組織。特にマフィアを指す。

やさしい英語で： An organized group of criminals, especially the Mafia.

• He worked for the mob.
• Police arrested a local mob boss.
• She denied having any connections to the mob.

類義語： Mafia, organized crime

よく使う表現： the mob, mob boss, mob connections

モブ、ノンプレイヤーキャラクター

プレイヤーではなく、ゲーム側が操作するキャラクター。

やさしい英語で： A character in a video game controlled by the game rather than by a player.

• A mob appeared behind us.
• Some mobs attack players at night.
• We defeated the mob and collected its treasure.

類義語： non-player character, NPC

よく使う表現： hostile mob, mob spawn, attack a mob

群れ

特に羊や牛、カンガルーなどの大きな群れ。

やさしい英語で： A large group of animals, especially sheep, cattle, or kangaroos.

• A mob of sheep blocked the road.
• We saw a mob of kangaroos near the trees.
• The farmer drove the mob into another paddock.

使い方： a mob of animals (A mob of cattle moved across the field.)

類義語： herd, flock

よく使う表現： mob of sheep, mob of kangaroos, large mob

モブキャップ、婦人用の布帽子

昔の女性がかぶった、縁を絞ってひだをつけた柔らかい布の帽子。

やさしい英語で： A soft cloth cap with a gathered edge, worn by women in the past.

• She wore a white mob.
• A ribbon decorated the edge of her mob.
• The women tucked their hair beneath their mobs.

類義語： mob cap

よく使う表現： linen mob, lace mob, white mob

群がる、取り囲む

大勢で人や場所の周りに集まる。

やさしい英語で： To gather around someone or somewhere in a large crowd.

• Fans mobbed the singer.
• Shoppers mobbed the store when it opened.
• Reporters were mobbing her outside the courthouse.

類義語： crowd around, swarm, surround

よく使う表現： mob a star, mob the entrance, mob the store