可能来自拟声词，模仿喧闹声，吵闹声，-le,表反复。后用于形容没有组织的乌合之众。

1. Critics have accused him of rabble-rousing.

评论家谴责他煽动群众。

2. a speech that appealed to the rabble

感染贱民的演讲

3. They formed an army out of rabble.

他们用乌合之众组成一支军队.

4. In 40 years, the Guards' Polo Club has changed, but it has managed to keep most of the rabble out.

40年间，御林军马球俱乐部虽有变化，但却一直成功地把绝大多数下层民众拒之门外。

5. He has helped to transform the party from a disorganised, demoralised rabble into a force which must again be taken seriously.

他帮助把该政党从一群组织涣散、意志消沉的乌合之众打造成了一只不容小觑的力量。