单词 | stampede |
释义 | noun | verb stampedestampede1 /stæmˈpid/ noun [countable] 1a sudden rush of frightened animals all running in the same direction2a sudden rush by a lot of people, all wanting to do the same thing or go to the same place SYN rush: a stampede toward the doors [Origin: 1800–1900 American Spanish estampida, from Spanish, crush] noun | verb stampedestampede2 verb [intransitive, transitive] 1if animals stampede, they suddenly start running together in the same direction, because they are frightened: stampeding buffalo2if people stampede, they run together in the same direction, because they are frightened or excited SYN rush: Children stampeded out of the school doors.3be/get stampeded to feel forced to do something you do not really want to do, because a lot of other people are doing it and want you to do it too: be stampeded into doing something Kennedy refused to be stampeded into starting new nuclear tests. |
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