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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
PresentI, you, we, theystampede
he, she, itstampedes
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theystampeded
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave stampeded
he, she, ithas stampeded
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad stampeded
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill stampede
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have stampeded
Continuous Form
PresentIam stampeding
he, she, itis stampeding
you, we, theyare stampeding
PastI, he, she, itwas stampeding
you, we, theywere stampeding
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been stampeding
he, she, ithas been stampeding
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been stampeding
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be stampeding
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill 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
  • 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.
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