英语词汇“stampede”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	stampede
释义	stam·pede I. \(ˈ)stam\|pēd, -taam-\ noun (-s) Etymology: American Spanish estampida, from Spanish, loud noise, crash, from estampar to pound, stamp, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German stampfōn to stamp — more at stamp 1. a. : a wild headlong rush or flight of a number of animals usually due to fright < a stampede of wild animals is no place for a would-be observer — K.K.Darrow > b. : a sudden retreat or dispersion < this was no disciplined march; it was a stampede — H.G.Wells > 2. : a sudden often impulsive action or mass movement of a number of persons having a common motive < the migration took on the proportions of a stampede — American Guide Series: New York > < discovery of rich silver deposits sets off a stampede of miners — Howard Boston > < a steadily increasing stampede of farm boys escaping … farm work for the dullness of city life — M.B.Smith > < delays in delivery would have caused a stampede of postponements — F.A.Swinnerton > specifically : a sudden rush of voters or delegates to support a candidate especially at a national political convention < the favorite son, never sure that a … stampede may not take place at the next moment — H.R.Penniman > < worked desperately to stop the stampede, but could not agree on a coalition candidate — I.G.Blake > — compare break 4j 3. : an extended festival or gathering combining a rodeo, exhibitions, contests, and social events < watched the Calgary stampede grow through the years … to a commercialized, supercolossal spectacle — Time > II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) *transitive verb* 1. a. : to cause (as cattle) to run away in a headlong panic < thunderstorms often stampede the cattle > b. : to cause (a group or army) to retreat or disperse frantically < came the victor stampeding armies before him > 2. : to cause (a group or mass of people) to act or move in an impulsive, unreasoning, or hurried manner < the taverners who would stampede us in to eat and drink — G.G.Coulton > < Indians were stampeded into violence — Oliver La Farge > < have refused to allow ourselves to be stampeded by fear — Hartley Shawcross > < attempting to stampede government representatives into giving him control over … workers — Douglass Cater > specifically : to cause (as voters or delegates) to rush suddenly to the support of a party, ticket, or candidate especially at a national political convention < observers consider that the … electorate was stampeded at last year's general election — John Hughes > < gained slowly at first, then shot forward with accretions of a 100 votes at a time, and stampeded the convention — H.R.Penniman > *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to take to sudden headlong flight in panic < the alarmed herd stampeding across the veldt > b. : to retreat or disperse in a frenzied manner < fired into the roof of the mosque, and the crowd of worshipers stampeded — Time > 2. : to move or act usually in a group or mass in an impulsive, hurried, or unreasoning manner < pulled up stakes and stampeded back to China, most of them perishing on the way — A.R.Williams > < prospectors … who stampeded into the Klondike — Ivor Jones > < companies will now stampede to release … their huge backlogs of modern movies — Wall Street Journal > < has … stampeded out of every war into wholesale demobilization — T.R.Ybarra >
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