stampede
stampede 英 [stæmˈpi:d] 美 [stæmˈpid]
n. 惊跑；人群的蜂拥；军队溃败 vi. 蜂拥；逃窜 vt. 使…惊逃；抢占
进行时:stampeding 过去式:stampeded 过去分词:stampeded 第三人称单数:stampedes 名词复数:stampedes
- Do you see hundreds of cattle thundering toward you? Then stop reading and get out of there! A stampede is coming.
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- n. 惊跑；人群的蜂拥；军队溃败
- vi. 蜂拥；逃窜
- vt. 使…惊逃；抢占
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1. At least 18 people died at the Love Parade music festival in Germany today when they were crushed inside a tunnel during a stampede caused by panic.
今天，在德国举行的“爱的大巡游”音乐节上，在一个隧道里面因恐慌而逃窜发生的踩踏至少导致了18人死亡。
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2. Don't hurt yourself in the stampede to my office.
不要因蜂拥到我的办公室而受伤。
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3. But skeptics say only a few privileged businesses would benefit, and that the island's scenic spots could be spoiled by greedy developers and a tourist stampede.
但怀疑论者则认为只有少数特权企业可以获利，而台湾的风景点可能被贪婪的开发商和蜂拥而至的游客破坏。
- stampede (n.) 1844 (earlier stampedo, 1839), "A general scamper of animals on the Western prairies, generally caused by a fright" [Bartlett] from Mexican Spanish estampida, from Spanish, "an uproar," from estamper "to stamp, press, pound," from Provençal estampier "to stamp," from the same Germanic root that yielded English stamp (v.). The political sense is first recorded 1846 (in reference to the U.S. Democratic Party convention of 1844). As the name of an annual exhibition of cowboy skills in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it is attested from 1912.
- stampede (v.) 1823 (intransitive); 1838 (transitive), from stampede (n.). Related: Stampeded; stampeding.
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