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rabble 音标拼音: [r'æbəl] n. 乌合之众,起哄的群众,下层社会,拨火棍
vt. 聚众闹事,用拨火棍搅动 乌合之众,起哄的群众,下层社会,拨火棍聚众闹事,用拨火棍搅动 rabble n 1: a disorderly crowd of people [ synonym: { mob}, { rabble}, { rout}] 2: disparaging terms for the common people [ synonym: { rabble}, { riffraff}, { ragtag}, { ragtag and bobtail}] Rabble \ Rab" ble\, a. Of or pertaining to a rabble; like, or suited to, a rabble; disorderly; vulgar. [ R.] -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Rabble \ Rab" ble\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Rabbled} ( r[ a^] b" b' ld); p. pr. & vb. n. { Rabbling} ( r[ a^] b" bl[ i^] ng).] 1. To insult, or assault, by a mob; to mob; as, to rabble a curate. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] The bishops' carriages were stopped and the prelates themselves rabbled on their way to the house. -- J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To utter glibly and incoherently; to mouth without intelligence. [ Obs. or Scot.] -- Foxe. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To rumple; to crumple. [ Scot.] [ 1913 Webster]
Rabble \ Rab" ble\ ( r[ a^] b" b' l), n. [ Etymol. uncertain.] ( Iron Manuf.) An iron bar, with the end bent, used in stirring or skimming molten iron in the process of puddling. [ 1913 Webster]
Rabble \ Rab" ble\, v. t. To stir or skim with a rabble, as molten iron. [ 1913 Webster]
Rabble \ Rab" ble\, v. i. [ Akin to D. rabbelen, Prov. G. rabbeln, to prattle, to chatter: cf. L. rabula a brawling advocate, a pettifogger, fr. rabere to rave. Cf. { Rage}.] To speak in a confused manner. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [ 1913 Webster]
Rabble \ Rab" ble\, n. [ Probably named from the noise made by it ( see { Rabble}, v. i.) cf. D. rapalje rabble, OF. & Prov. F. rapaille.] 1. A tumultuous crowd of vulgar, noisy people; a mob; a confused, disorderly throng. [ 1913 Webster] I saw, I say, come out of London, even unto the presence of the prince, a great rabble of mean and light persons. -- Ascham. [ 1913 Webster] Jupiter, Mercury, Bacchus, Venus, Mars, and the whole rabble of licentious deities. -- Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A confused, incoherent discourse; a medley of voices; a chatter. [ 1913 Webster] { The rabble}, the lowest class of people, without reference to an assembly; the dregs of the people. " The rabble call him ` lord.'" -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 60 Moby Thesaurus words for " rabble": and bobtail, army, bourgeoisie, canaille, cluster, cohue, common ruck, commonalty, commoners, crowd, crush, deluge, dregs, dregs of society, flock, flood, galaxy, gang, heap, hoi polloi, horde, host, jam, legion, lower classes, many, mass, masses, mob, mod, multitude, other half, outcasts, panoply, peasantry, people, polloi, populace, press, proletariat, public, rabblement, raff, rag, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail, rank and file, riffraff, rout, ruck, scum, scurf, spate, swarm, tag, the great unwashed, throng, trash, unwashed, vermin |
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