stampede

noun

1. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse

e.g. when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits

2. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

verb

1. run away in a stampede

2. cause to run in panic

e.g. Thunderbolts can stampede animals

3. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse

e.g. Companies will now stampede to release their latest software

4. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively

e.g. The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating

1. (人群的)蜂拥，狂奔;(动物的)惊逃，乱窜
If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.

stampede是什么意思

e.g. There was a stampede for the exit.
大家都争先恐后地朝出口涌去。

2. (使)争先恐后地奔逃;(使)惊逃
If a group of animals or people stampede or if something stampedes them, they run in a wild, uncontrolled way.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

3. 热潮;风尚;争先恐后的现象
If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a stampede .

e.g. 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。
e.g. ...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

4. 迫使;强迫
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.

e.g. Do we really want to be stampeded in such a way?...
我们真的愿意被这样逼迫吗？
e.g. 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.

1. 溃败：16. Waterfall / 巨瀑 | 17. Stampede / 溃败 | 18. Come Back / 归来

2. stampede是什么意思

2. 惊跑：stamp-collector 集邮家 | stampede 惊跑 | stamper 印章

3. stampede的意思

3. 惊跑,乱窜：squall (冰、雹)暴风 | stampede 惊跑,乱窜 | stench of putrefaction 腐烂东西发出的恶臭