gang
US: /ˈɡæŋ/
UK: /ɡˈæŋ/
UK: /ɡˈæŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
gang /gæɳ/
- danh từ
- đoàn, tốp, toán, kíp
- a gang of workmen: một kíp công nhân
- a gang of war prisoners: một đoàn tù binh
- bọn, lũ
- a gang of thieves: một bọn ăn trộm
- the whole gang: cả bọn, cả lũ
- bộ (đồ nghề...)
- a gang of saws: một bộ cưa
- đoàn, tốp, toán, kíp
- nội động từ
- họp thành bọn; kéo bè kéo bọn ((cũng) to gang up)
- họp thành bọn; kéo bè kéo bọn ((cũng) to gang up)
- ngoại động từ
- sắp xếp (đồ nghề...) thành bộ
- sắp xếp (đồ nghề...) thành bộ
- động từ
- (Ê-cốt) đi
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 an organized group of criminals: criminal gang members and drug dealers + a gang of pickpockets + A four-man gang carried out the robbery.
2 a group of young people who spend a lot of time together and often cause trouble or fight against other groups: a gang of youths + a street gang + All the local boys are members of gangs.
3 (informal) a group of friends who meet regularly: The whole gang will be there.
4 an organized group of workers or prisoners doing work together
See also -
verb
Phrasal Verbs: gang together (informal) to join together in a group in order to have more power or strength
gang up (on / against sb) (informal) to join together in a group to hurt, frighten or oppose sb: At school the older boys ganged up on him and called him names.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 group, band, crowd, company, pack, mob, ring:
The police are looking for the gang that robbed the mail train.
2 clique, set, coterie, circle, party, company, team, troupe:
A whole gang of my friends came over yesterday evening.
v.
3 gang up (on or against.) conspire or plot against, combine or unite or unify or join (against), league or ally or club or band (against), join forces (against), overwhelm:
When they all ganged up on me, I decided to change my mind.
Collocation dictionary
1 group of criminals
ADJ.
street
a street gang known as the Hooligans
| armed, criminal, organized, terror/terrorist
The robbery was carried out by an armed gang.
| teenage | rival
Fights had ensued between rival gangs of football fans.
VERB + GANG
belong to, join
A lot of the lads belong to gangs. He pressed me to join his gang.
GANG + NOUN
attack, fight, violence, warfare
a gang fight between two rival teenage gangs
| leader, member | life
a tale of LA gang life
| rape
PREP.
in a/the ~
We were in the same gang.
| ~ of
a gang of skinheads
PHRASES
a member of a gang
2 group of friends
PREP.
~ of
You probably go with a gang of friends to the same pub most Saturdays.
PHRASES
one of the gang
Her friends made me feel welcome and treated me as one of the gang.
Concise English dictionary
gangs|ganged|ganginggæŋ
noun
+an association of criminals
+an informal body of friends
+an organized group of workmen
+tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
verb
+act as an organized group
