gang
英 [gæŋ]
美[ɡæŋ]
- n. 群；一伙；一组
- vt. 使成群结队；结伙伤害或恐吓某人
- vi. 成群结队
- n. (Gang)人名；(法)冈；(罗)甘格；(英)甘
词态变化
复数: gangs;
助记提示
1. go, gone => gang.
中文词源
gang 一群，一伙
来自PIE*ghengh, 走，词源同go(有争议)。即走的一群人。
英英释意
- 1. an association of criminals;
- "police tried to break up the gang"
- "a pack of thieves"
- 2. an informal body of friends;
- "he still hangs out with the same crowd"
- 3. an organized group of workmen
- 4. tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
英文词源
- gang
- gang: [12] Gang originally meant ‘going, journey’. It was borrowed from Old Norse gangr, which goes back ultimately to the same Germanic source (the verb *ganggan ‘go’) as produced the German past participle gegangen ‘gone’ and Old English gangan ‘go’ – still preserved in Scottish gang ‘go’ and in gangway [17]. Originally literally a ‘way for going’.
The word’s modern meaning seems to have developed via ‘quantity carried on a journey’ (a common usage in Scottish English well into the 19th century) and ‘set of articles carried together’ to (in the 17th century) ‘group of workmen’ and ‘group of people acting together for a (bad) purpose’. - gang (v.)
- 1856, from gang (n.). Related: Ganged; ganging. To gang up (on) is first attested 1919.
- gang (n.)
- from Old English gang "a going, journey, way, passage," and Old Norse gangr "a group of men, a set," both from Proto-Germanic *gangaz (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Danish, Dutch, Old High German, German gang, Old Norse gangr, Gothic gagg "act of going"), from PIE root *ghengh- "to step" (cognates: Sanskrit jangha "shank," Avestan zanga- "ankle," Lithuanian zengiu "I stride"). Thus not considered to be related to go.
The sense evolution is probably via meaning "a set of articles that usually are taken together in going" (mid-14c.), especially a set of tools used on the same job. By 1620s this had been extended in nautical speech to mean "a company of workmen," and by 1630s the word was being used, with disapproving overtones, for "any band of persons traveling together," then "a criminal gang or company" (gang of thieves, gang of roughs, etc.). By 1855 gang was being used in the sense "group of criminal or mischievous boys in a city." In American English, especially of slaves working on plantations (1724). Also formerly used of animal herds or flocks (17c.-19c.). Gangway preserves the original sense of the word, as does gangplank.
同义词辨析
group, crowd, gang, band, mob, throng, masses, swarm
这些名词均含"群，帮，伙"之意。
group： 普通用词，通常指有组织、有秩序的一群人，也可指无意汇集在一起的一群人。
crowd： 常指无组织地乱哄哄地挤在一起的人群。
gang： 常指从事非法、暴力或敌对活动的帮派或团伙。有时呈中性，词义同group。
band： 多指一群有明确宗旨，为共同目的而结合在一起的人，常含贬义。
mob： 指无组织、乱七八糟凑合在一起的乌合之众，或指聚集在一起寻衅滋事的人群，多为暴徒。
throng： 书面用词，意义接近crowd，侧重密集地挤在一起的一群，含挤在一起向前推进之意。
masses： 指群众或人民大众。
swarm： 指人数众多，杂乱无章，不停移动的一群人。
词组搭配
gang agley
(of a plan) go wrong
（计划）出差错
even the best laid plans &B{gang aft agley}.
哪怕最周密的计划也会出差错；人算不如天算。
gang up
To join together in opposition or attack
联合对抗，联合攻击
The older children were always ganging up on the little ones.
年纪较大的孩子总会联合起来欺负小孩子
To act together as a group
联合起来一致行动
various agencies ganging up to combat the use of illicit drugs.
不同的机构联合起来对抗非法药品的使用
实用场景例句
- criminal gang members and drug dealers
- 犯罪集团成员和毒品贩子
牛津词典
- a gang of pickpockets
- 扒手集团
牛津词典
- A four-man gang carried out the robbery.
- 这起抢劫是一个四人团伙所为。
牛津词典
- a gang of youths
- 一帮小混混
牛津词典
- a street gang
- 街头流氓团伙
牛津词典
- The whole gang will be there.
- 大伙儿都将在那儿。
牛津词典
- At school the older boys ganged up on him and called him names.
- 在学校读书时那些大男孩联合起来欺负他，辱骂他。
牛津词典
- During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife...
- 在与敌对帮派的打斗中，他挥舞着弹簧折刀一通猛刺。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Gang members were behind a lot of the violence...
- 很多暴力事件是流氓团伙成员暗中策划的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Police were hunting for a gang who had allegedly stolen fifty-five cars.
- 警方正在追捕一个被控盗窃了55辆汽车的犯罪团伙。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...an underworld gang.
- 地下犯罪团伙
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Come on over, we've got lots of the old gang here.
- 过来吧，好多老朋友都在这儿。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a gang of labourers.
- 一群工人
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- What do you like to do in your spare time?
- 空闲时你喜欢干什么?
辞典例句
- They took punitive measures against the whole gang.
- 他们对整帮人采取惩罚性措施.
《简明英汉词典》
- One of the gang members had turned informer.
- 团夥中的一员后来变成了告密者.
《简明英汉词典》
- The gang chief went everywhere accompanied by his henchman.
- 那流氓头子到什么地方都有手下的狗腿子跟着.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The gang tied up the security guard and put a gag in his mouth.
- 那帮歹徒把保安人员捆绑起来,然后把他的嘴堵住.
《简明英汉词典》
- Some gang came in and shot the place up.
- 有股匪帮进来对这个地方开枪扫射.
《简明英汉词典》
- He finds politics a dirty game, and only enters them reluctantly because he knows that at the very least he and his friends are better than the present gang.
- 他发现政治是一种肮脏的把戏, 所以只是出于不得已才参与政治,这是因为他知道,最起码他和自己的朋友们比这帮人要强得多.
《用法词典》
- The gang have gone out looking for bother.
- 那帮家伙出去惹事了.
《简明英汉词典》
- Don't get mixed with that gang; they spend too much time drinking and gambling.
- 不要和那一伙人为伍, 他们在喝酒与赌博上花的时间太多了
《用法词典》
- A criminal gang terrorized the neighbourhood.
- 匪徒使附近地区人心惶惶.
《简明英汉词典》
- The gang was on the rampage for a time, but before long it was completely overthrown.
- 猖獗一时的匪帮, 曾几何时,遭到了彻底覆灭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- How did these people come to gang up?
- 他们这帮人怎么勾上的?
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Most southern towns have suffered from the reckless depredation of the armed gang.
- 大多数南方城镇都遭受过这帮武装匪徒的鲁蛮掠夺.
《简明英汉词典》
- The gang silenced witnesses by intimidation.
- 恶帮用恐吓的手段,使得证人不敢说话.
《简明英汉词典》
- A gang of youths set on him outside a pub and roughed him up.
- 一伙青年在一家小酒店外面袭击了他,将他揍了一顿.
《简明英汉词典》