stampede

noun

1. （人群的）奔逃，蜂拥；（兽群的）惊跑，狂奔
   a situation in which a group of people or large animals such as horses suddenly start running in the same direction, especially because they are frightened or excited
   1. A stampede broke out when the doors opened.
      门一开，人们蜂拥而出。
2. 热潮；风尚；风气
   a situation in which a lot of people are trying to do or achieve the same thing at the same time
   1. Falling interest rates have led to a stampede to buy property.
      不断下降的利率引发了一场购房热。

verb

1. （使）狂奔，涌向
   to run in a stampede ; to make animals do this
   1. a herd of stampeding elephants
      一群狂奔的大象
   2. A huge bunch of kids came stampeding down the corridor.
      一大群孩子顺着走廊涌了过来。
2. 使仓促行事
   to make sb rush into doing sth without giving them time to think about it
   1. I refuse to be stampeded into making any hasty decisions.
      我不愿仓促行事，草率作决定。

1. N-COUNT (人群的)蜂拥，狂奔;(动物的)惊逃，乱窜
   If there is a stampede, a group of people or animals run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
   1. There was a stampede for the exit.
      大家都争先恐后地朝出口涌去。
2. V-ERG (使)争先恐后地奔逃;(使)惊逃
   If a group of animals or people stampede or if something stampedes them, they run in a wild, uncontrolled way.
   1. The crowd stampeded and many were crushed or trampled underfoot...
      人群争先恐后地奔逃，很多人被压伤或踩踏。
   2. Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
      乡间强盗正在学习早期西部人的做法，先让牛群受惊四处乱窜以转移农民的注意力，然后再洗劫他们的房屋。
   3. ...a herd of stampeding cattle.
      狂奔乱窜的牛群
3. N-COUNT 热潮;风尚;争先恐后的现象
   If a lot of people all do the same thing at the same time, you can describe it as a stampede .
   1. Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
      优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
   2. ...a stampede by South African farmers to buy up cheap land in Mozambique.
      南非农场主在莫桑比克争购廉价土地的热潮
4. VERB 迫使;强迫
   If people are stampeded into doing something, they are forced into doing it by pressure from other people, even though they do not think it is the right thing to do.
   1. Do we really want to be stampeded in such a way?...
      我们真的愿意被这样逼迫吗？
   2. It was widely believed that Powell had stampeded the Government into taking action.
      大家普遍认为鲍威尔已经逼迫政府采取行动。

1. A wall collapsed and 39 people, were killed in the panic-stricken stampede.
   一堵墙倒了，慌乱中有39人死于踩踏事故。
2. There was a stampede for the exit.
   大家都争先恐后地朝出口涌去。
3. The crowd stampeded and many were crushed or trampled underfoot
   人群争先恐后地奔逃，很多人被压伤或踩踏。
4. Countryside robbers are learning the ways of the wild west by stampeding cattle to distract farmers before raiding their homes.
   乡间强盗正在学习早期西部人的做法，先让牛群受惊四处乱窜以转移农民的注意力，然后再洗劫他们的房屋。
5. Generous redundancy terms had triggered a stampede of staff wanting to leave.
   优厚的裁员条件引发了职员争先恐后地要求辞职的现象。
6. Do we really want to be stampeded in such a way?
   我们真的愿意被这样逼迫吗？
7. It was widely believed that Powell had stampeded the Government into taking action.
   大家普遍认为鲍威尔已经逼迫政府采取行动。
8. In the midst you know the stampede occurred.
   因此这时候发生了踩踏事件。
9. The government says it is investigating what caused the stampede.
   科特迪瓦政府说，目前正在调查造成踩踏事件的原因。
10. Officials in Ivory Coast say at least 60 people were crushed to death during a stampede at a New Year's celebration in Abidjan.
    科特迪瓦官员说，在阿比让举行的新年庆祝活动中发生踩踏事件，造成至少60人死亡。
11. Companies will now stampede to release their latest software.
    很多公司现在都蜂拥推出他们最新的软件产品。
12. When my mother told us we had eaten enough, it sounded like a stampede of cattle as we raced for the kitchen.
    当母亲说我们已经吃够了时，我们便撒腿冲向了厨房，那声响如同出自一群惊慌失措的牲口。
13. When he shouted'fire'there was a stampede to the exits.
    当他大喊“火”时在出口有一阵惊跑。
14. Indians set fires to stampede game.
    印第安人放火使猎物惊跑乱窜。
15. Hundreds queued and when the doors opened, there was a stampede.
    数百人排起了长队，超市开门后，发生了踩踏事件。
16. They cause a kodo stampede to distract the Grimtotem and escape.
    他们引发了一场科多践踏事件误导恐怖图腾，趁机逃离。
17. Grumpy Crocodile falls asleep in the sun and the wildebeest stampede over him.
    坏脾气的鳄鱼在太阳下睡着了，牛羚从他身上跑了过去。
18. A cowboy could be thrown from his horse and trampled to death in a stampede.
    如果牛群惊跑，牛仔可能会从马背上掉下来，活活被踩死。
19. The supermarket stampede was a second such incident in the country in recent weeks.
    在最近几周，超市踩伤人事件已经是第二起了。
20. Absent such rules, interbank markets are more likely to freeze or stampede at the first sign of trouble.
    如果没有这些规定，银行间市场更有可能在一出现麻烦迹象时就冻结或出现跟风现象。
21. Some believe this could herald a Western stampede to the East.
    有些人认为这预示着西方企业将蜂拥至东方。
22. Several people were injured in what was a virtual stampede outside the stadium.
    在体育场外的惊慌逃窜之中有数人受伤。
23. Don't hurt yourself in the stampede to my office.
    不要因蜂拥到我的办公室而受伤。
24. Hundreds of people have been killed in a stampede during a Shi'ite religious ceremony in Baghdad.
    数百人死于挤踏在巴格达稀客人的宗教庆典期间。
25. There was a stampede of panic-stricken crowd from the burning hotel.
    从失火的旅馆中跑出来乱窜的惊惶失措的人群。
26. They were getting ready to bring in a dark horse to stampede the election.
    有人准备再提出一个有可能获得提名的人选来打乱这次选举。
27. Thunderstorms often stampede cattle.
    雷雨常使牛群惊逃。
28. The Calgary Stampede is a famous Western festival.
    卡尔加里市的赛马会是西方的一个有名的节日。
29. When zebras flee a lion, how do they decide which zebra will lead the stampede?
    当斑马群遭遇狮子的时候，是什么决定了哪个斑马带领这支逃难的队伍？

noun

1. a headlong rush of people on a common impulse
   1. when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits

2. a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle)

verb

1. run away in a stampede

2. cause to run in panic
   1. Thunderbolts can stampede animals

3. act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse
   1. Companies will now stampede to release their latest software

4. cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively
   1. The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating