gold rush

英 [ˈɡəʊld rʌʃ]

美 [ˈɡoʊld rʌʃ]

n.  淘金热

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牛津词典

noun

• 淘金热
  a situation in which a lot of people suddenly go to a place where gold has recently been discovered

柯林斯词典

• 淘金热
  Agold rushis a situation when a lot of people suddenly go to a place where gold has been discovered.

英英释义

noun

• a large migration of people to a newly discovered gold field
• a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
  1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
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双语例句

• A miner who took part in the California gold rush in 1849.
  在1849年参与加利福尼亚州淘金热的矿工。
• It was a gold rush but in reverse.
  那是一场黄金热不过与淘金热正相反。
• Chaplin featured in the gold rush.
  卓别林主演了《淘金热》这部片子。
• During the California gold rush, many people had a dog-eat-dog life.
  在加利福尼亚的淘金热潮中？许多人都过著一种互相倾轧的生活。
• This area was affected by a great gold rush which ended when the only vein present was exhausted.
  一场声势浩大的淘金热席卷了这里，并最终导致当地的金矿资源枯竭，但自然也对人类进行了报复。
• In a word, the gold rush kindled the flame of the modern civilization in alaska.
  总之，淘金热点燃了阿拉斯加现代文明的火种。
• The Gold Rush proved a disaster for Sutter himself.
  对萨特本人来说，淘金最终是一个灾难。
• There has since been the bureaucratic equivalent of a gold rush.
  这样就引发了一拨官方激发的淘金热。
• Its history also includes a gold rush, an energy boom and the development of a thriving farm sector.
  它的历史同样包括淘金热、能源热潮、农业部门的欣欣向荣。
• The term "gold digger" became popular during the American Gold Rush.
  在美国“淘金热”时期，golddigger（“淘金者”，即以色相博取钱财的人，也就是我们俗称的“傍大款”）这个说法开始流行。