gang
gb/ɡˈæŋ/ us/ɡˈæŋ/
A2
อังกฤษ
~ 4300
ความหมาย
0 ความหมาย
คำนาม
B1
entity
1
Group of criminals
A group of people who do crimes together.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a gang of [people]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse 'gang' with 'group' in all contexts, but 'gang' usually has a negative or criminal meaning.
คำพ้องความหมาย
mob (Often used for large, organized criminal groups, especially in the context of organized crime.)
คำตรงข้าม
police (Law enforcement group that works against gangs.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
street gang
|gang violence
|gang member
|rival gang
|gang leader
หัวข้อ
crime
|society
|law
ตัวอย่าง
- The police arrested several members of the street gang.
- Gang violence has been increasing in the city.
- He joined a gang when he was a teenager.
- The rival gang controls the other side of town.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- The gang robbed a bank.
- A gang fights with another gang.
- The police stopped the gang.
คำนาม
informal
A2
entity
2
Group of friends
A group of friends who like to be together.
รูปแบบการใช้:
the gang [verb] together
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Some learners may overuse 'gang' for any group, but in this sense it is casual and friendly.
คำพ้องความหมาย
crew (Informal term for a close group of friends; may sound trendier or more youthful.)
คำตรงข้าม
stranger (Someone outside the group of friends.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
meet the gang
|hang out with the gang
|the old gang
หัวข้อ
friendship
|social life
|relationships
|daily_life
ตัวอย่าง
- I’m meeting up with the old gang this weekend.
- The gang always goes to that café on Fridays.
- Let's invite the whole gang to the party.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- I play soccer with my gang.
- The gang meets every week.
- I like my gang.
คำนาม
B2
entity
3
Group of workers or team
A group of people working together on a job.
รูปแบบการใช้:
a gang of [workers]
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Learners may confuse this with the criminal meaning; context usually clarifies it.
คำพ้องความหมาย
team (Neutral term for a group working together; lacks the informal or criminal connotations of 'gang'.)
คำตรงข้าม
individual worker (A single person working alone, not in a team.)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
construction gang
|railway gang
|work gang
หัวข้อ
work
|labor
ตัวอย่าง
- A gang of builders is working on the new road.
- The railway gang repaired the tracks overnight.
- He joined a maintenance gang at the factory.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- A gang builds the road.
- The gang works in the factory.
- I see a gang fixing the bridge.
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รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
gang
IPA
GB/ɡˈæŋ/
US/ɡˈæŋ/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
gang (1 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (gang)
รูปคำ
Noun
- Base: gang
- Plural: gangs
กลุ่มคำที่เกี่ยวข้อง
วลีและสำนวน
a one-man gang
1/ə wˈʌn mˈæn ɡˈæŋ/
idiom
informal
One person doing group's work
One person who does as much work as many people would do together.
ตัวอย่าง
- He fixed the car, painted the house, and cooked dinner—he’s a one-man gang.
- With her energy, she’s like a one-man gang at the office.
gang together
1/ɡˈæŋ təɡˈɛðɚ/
phrasal verb
Form group for goal
To join with others to do something together.
ตัวอย่าง
- Local businesses ganged together to protest the new tax.
- They ganged together to help their neighbor.
gang up on
1/ɡˈæŋ ˈʌp ˈɔn/
phrasal verb
informal
Join to attack one person
To join with others to attack or be unkind to one person.
ตัวอย่าง
- The other kids ganged up on him in the playground.
- They all ganged up on me during the meeting.