Stampede
[stæm'piːd] or [stæm'pid]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; 'when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits'.
(noun.) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle).
(verb.) run away in a stampede.
(verb.) cause to run in panic; 'Thunderbolts can stampede animals'.
(verb.) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; 'Companies will now stampede to release their latest software'.
(verb.) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; 'The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating'.
錄入:奥利维尔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) A wild, headlong scamper, or running away, of a number of animals; usually caused by fright; hence, any sudden flight or dispersion, as of a crowd or an army in consequence of a panic.
(v. i.) To run away in a panic; -- said droves of cattle, horses, etc., also of armies.
(v. t.) To disperse by causing sudden fright, as a herd or drove of animals.
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同義詞及近義詞:
n. Sudden flight (as of horses from fright).
校對:齐利格
解釋/意思:
n. a sudden fright seizing a herd of horses or other cattle causing them to run: flight or any sudden confused movement of a multitude caused by panic.—v.i. to scamper off in panic.
校對:史蒂文
例句/造句/用法:
- It was not a trot, a gallop, or a canter, but a stampede, and made up of all possible or conceivable gaits. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We rose to the spirit of the time and the race became a wild rout, a stampede, a terrific panic. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Dismounted warriors were trampled underfoot in the stampede which followed. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I was not right sure but that Bragg's troops might be over their stampede by the time they reached Dalton. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The latter, no doubt, took this for a charge, and stampeded in turn. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
錄入:诺顿