English Dictionary

gang

IPA（発音記号）

/ɡæŋ/

名詞

アメリカ英語 方言 廃用

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose. / A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

日本語の意味

目的や共通の利害関係を持った複数の人々が集まった集団 / 一団、グループ、一隊 / 労働現場などで、同じ監督の下で働く作業班や労働者の集団

A gang of laborers moved swiftly across the construction site.

一団の労働者が工事現場を素早く移動した。

意味（1）

A number going in company; a number of friends or persons associated for a particular purpose.

the Gashouse Gang

意味（2）

A group of laborers under one foreman; a squad.

a gang of sailors; a railroad gang; a labor gang or pool.

意味（3）

A criminal group with a common cultural background and identifying features, often associated with a particular section of a city.

a youth gang; a neighborhood gang; motorcycle gang.

意味（4）

A group of criminals or alleged criminals who band together for mutual protection and profit.

The Winter Hill Gang was quite proficient at murdering rival mobsters in order to take over their rackets.

意味（5）

A group of politicians united in furtherance of a political goal.

The Gang of Four was led by Jiang Qing, the fourth wife of Mao Zedong.

意味（6）

(US) A chain gang.

意味（7）

A combination of similar tools or implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set.

a gang of saws; a gang of plows; a gang drill; gang milling.

意味（8）

A set; all required for an outfit.

a new gang of stays.

意味（9）

(electrics) A number of switches or other electrical devices wired into one unit and covered by one faceplate.

an outlet gang box; a double gang switch.

意味（10）

(electrics) A group of wires attached as a bundle.

a gang of wires

意味（11）

(now chiefly dialectal) A going, journey; a course, path, track.

In unploughed Maine he sought the lumberers’ gang / Where from a hundred lakes young rivers sprang

意味（12）

(obsolete) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.

Þaða he to gange com.

gangs （ plural ）