单词	stampede
释义	stampede1 nounstampede2 verb stampedestam‧pede1 /stæmˈpiːd/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINstampede1 Origin: 1800-1900 American Spanish estampida, from Spanish, ‘crash’, from estampar ‘to stamp’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Competitors are hoping for a stampede of unhappy customers from the troubled bank. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS All the chemists' shops stocked up, ready for the stampede. Co. has roped First Interstate Bancorp but competitors hope for a stampede of disenchanted customers from the merged bank. Commuters die in stampede A stampede in a stairway at a railway station in Johannesburg killed seven people and injured eight others. Dozens of doors are slammed, and there is a stampede for the lifts. Is the discount sports shoe place up ahead or already left behind in the smoking stampede of rushing cars? The photographers looked ready to stampede. To avoid a stampede, no advance notice was given of his appearances. 1when a group of people all want to do the same thing at the same time:  a stampede to buy shares in high-tech companies2when a group of large animals or people suddenly start running in the same direction because they are frightened or excited:  a cattle stampede stampede1 nounstampede2 verb stampedestampede2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE stampede Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stampede he, she, it stampedes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stampeded Present perfect I, you, we, they have stampeded he, she, it has stampeded Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stampeded Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stampede Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stampeded Continuous Form Present I am stampeding he, she, it is stampeding you, we, they are stampeding Past I, he, she, it was stampeding you, we, they were stampeding Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stampeding he, she, it has been stampeding Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stampeding Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stampeding Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stampeding Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The cattle began stampeding toward the town. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Boys of thirteen and fourteen were stampeding out of school, roaring, jeering and swearing. He was furious with Khrushchev for breaking the moratorium, but he refused to be stampeded into a new series of tests. The crowd looked on the verge of stampeding. There was a peacock there, stampeded by the queue. Thousands of spectators stampeded to get out of the stadium and many people were crushed. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► 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. 1[intransitive, transitive] if a group of large animals or people stampede, they suddenly start running together in the same direction because they are frightened or excited:  a herd of stampeding buffalo Children came stampeding out of the school doors.2be/get stampeded to be made frightened or worried so that you do something too quickly, without thinking enough about itstampede into Don’t get stampeded into any rash decisions.
随便看	avid Aviemore avionics avocado avoid avoidable avoidance avoirdupois Avon Avon lady avow avowal avowed avuncular A&W AWACS await awake awaken awakening award aware awareness awash away

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