单词 | gold fever |
释义 | > as lemmasgold fever gold fever n. a strong urge or desire to search for gold, esp. in newly-discovered goldfields; the excitement associated with a gold rush. ΚΠ 1829 Columbia (S. Carolina) Telescope 24 July The ‘gold fever’ as it is humorously termed, is at this moment spreading with contagious fury... Companies, for gold-digging, are already in embryo. 1849 C. Lanman Lett. from Alleghany Mts. i. 15 When the gold fever commenced I..went to speculating in gold lots. 1905 Austral. Today 15 Dec. 16/2 In the very height of the Australian gold fever, it is estimated that there were 100,000 diggers at work in Australia. 2014 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 26 Feb. c9 It's all in pursuit of that most precious of metals that's caused more than one case of gold fever. < as lemmas |
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