stampede
n. 惊逃; 人群的蜂拥; 军队溃败
vt. 使(动物)惊逃; 使(人群)涌向
vi. 逃窜; 涌向
If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
There was a stampede for the exit.
大家都争先恐后地朝出口涌去。
If a group of animals or people stampede or if something stampedes them, they run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
The crowd stampeded and many were crushed or trampled underfoot...
人群争先恐后地奔逃,很多人被压伤或踩踏。
Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
乡间强盗正在学习早期西部人的做法,先让牛群受惊四处乱窜以转移农民的注意力,然后再洗劫他们的房屋。
If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a stampede .
Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
...a stampede by South African farmers to buy up cheap land in Mozambique.
南非农场主在莫桑比克争购廉价土地的热潮
If people are stampeded into doing something, they are forced into doing it by pressure from other people, even though they do not think it is the right thing to do.
Do we really want to be stampeded in such a way?...
我们真的愿意被这样逼迫吗?
It was widely believed that Powell had stampeded the Government into taking action.
大家普遍认为鲍威尔已经逼迫政府采取行动。
1. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse;
2. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)
1. cause to run in panic;
2. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively;
3. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse;
4. run away in a stampede
Many events are held here and the most popular is the Corn Palace Stampede Rodeo.
许多活动都在此举行,而其中最受欢迎的是玉米皇宫乱窜牛仔竞技会.
After the first stampede the bodies of four children lay , crushed to death in the dust.
之后出现的踩踏事故造成四个孩子的死亡, 自此尘归尘,土归土.
Bronco riders perform in the famous Calgary Stampede rodeo events ( top right ).
野马骑手表演了著名卡加利牛仔竞技表演活动 ( 右上 ).
But breathing can also help a stampede.
可是呼吸还可以帮助踩踏.
When he shouted & quot ; fire & quot ; there was a stampede to the exits.
他一大喊“ 起火 ”, 人群就向出口蜂拥而去.