stampede

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stam·pede1 /stæmˈpiːd/ noun [countableC]

1 RUNwhen a group of people all want to do the same thing at the same time 〔人群的〕蜂拥，争先恐后

a stampede to buy shares in high-tech companies

对高科技公司股票的抢购

2 RUNwhen a group of large animals or people suddenly start running in the same direction because they are frightened or excited 〔人群的〕奔逃，蜂拥；〔动物的〕逃窜；狂奔

a cattle stampede

牛群的狂奔

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stampede• To avoid a stampede, no advance notice was given of his appearances.• Co. has roped First Interstate Bancorp but competitors hope for a stampede of disenchanted customers from the merged bank.• Competitors are hoping for a stampede of unhappy customers from the troubled bank.• Dozens of doors are slammed, and there is a stampede for the lifts.• Commuters die in stampede A stampede in a stairway at a railway station in Johannesburg killed seven people and injured eight others.• Is the discount sports shoe place up ahead or already left behind in the smoking stampede of rushing cars?• All the chemists' shops stocked up, ready for the stampede.• The photographers looked ready to stampede.

stampede2 verb

1 RUN[intransitiveI, transitiveT] if a group of large animals or people stampede, they suddenly start running together in the same direction because they are frightened or excited （使）奔逃；（使）蜂拥，（使）争先恐后

a herd of stampeding buffalo

一群狂奔的水牛

Children came stampeding out of the school doors.

孩子们争先恐后地冲出校门。

2 be/get stampeded HURRYto be made frightened or worried so that you do something too quickly, without thinking enough about it 〔因受惊吓或担心而〕仓促行事，草率行事

be/get stampeded into

Don’t get stampeded into any rash decisions.

不要仓促行事，作出草率的决定。

Examples from the Corpus

be/get stampeded• Eisenhower would not be stampeded, although the opportunities for action were certainly present.• He was furious with Khrushchev for breaking the moratorium, but he refused to be stampeded into a new series of tests.

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stampede• The crowd looked on the verge of stampeding.• There was a peacock there, stampeded by the queue.• He was furious with Khrushchev for breaking the moratorium, but he refused to be stampeded into a new series of tests.• Boys of thirteen and fourteen were stampeding out of school, roaring, jeering and swearing.• Thousands of spectators stampeded to get out of the stadium and many people were crushed.• The cattle began stampeding toward the town.

Origin stampede1

(1800-1900) American Spanish estampida, from Spanish, “crash”, from estampar “to stamp”

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