stampede
英 [st?m'pi?d]
美 [st?m'pid]
- n. 驚跑；人群的蜂擁；軍隊潰敗
- vi. 蜂擁；逃竄
- vt. 使…驚逃；搶占
助記提示
1. stamp => stampede.
2. 大規(guī)模、成群結(jié)隊地踩踏 => 一種混亂的踩踏 =》狂奔、驚跑、蜂擁、逃竄。
3. 2014上海踩踏事件：2014 Shanghai stampede：http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Shanghai_stampede
中文詞源
stampede 奔逃，驚跑的動物，狂奔的人群來自西班牙語 estampida,奔跑，奔逃，詞源同 stamp,猛踩，跺腳，-ida,名詞后綴。引申諸相 關(guān)詞義。
英文詞源
- 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 Proven?al 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.
雙語例句
- 1. A wall collapsed and 39 people, were killed in the panic-stricken stampede.
- 一堵墻倒了，慌亂中有39人死于踩踏事故。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
- 優(yōu)厚的裁員條件引發(fā)了職員爭先恐后地要求辭職的現(xiàn)象。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. There was a stampede for the exit.
- 大家都爭先恐后地朝出口涌去。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. A stampede broke out when the doors opened.
- 門一開，人們蜂擁而出。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 5. There was a stampede of panic - stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
- 一群驚惶失措的人們,從失火的旅館中跑了出來.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》