单词 | South Sea Bubble |
释义 | South Sea Bubblenoun British history the financial crash that occurred in 1720 after the South Sea Company had taken over the national debt in return for a monopoly of trade with the South Seas, causing feverish speculation in their stocks Word origin so named because the rapid expansion and sudden collapse of investment resembled theblowing up and bursting of a bubble |
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