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
  Synonym:boombonanzagravygodsendmanna from heavenwindfallbunce

双语例句

• Chaplin featured in the gold rush.
  卓别林主演了《淘金热》这部片子。
• All that new money led to a real-estate gold rush that has seen property prices rocket like a Sputnik.
  这里的房价像人造卫星一样飙升，导致新一轮房地产淘金热。
• It was a gold rush but in reverse.
  那是一场黄金热不过与淘金热正相反。
• Andy: I think China and Japan will tie on swimming gold rush.
  安迪：我想中国和日本在游泳淘金中会平分秋色。
• For now, though, shale looks like the new gold rush.
  不过，就目前而言，页岩就像是一轮新的淘金潮。
• Go in search of lost parts of totem in Story Mode or amass a fortune in Gold Rush mode.
  在故事模式中寻找失落的图腾或在挑战模式中不断刷新成绩。迎接淘金热潮，你准备好了吗？
• 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。
• 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。
• The boom rivaled the California gold rush of 1848 in its excitement and Wild West atmosphere. And it brought far more wealth to the prospectors than any gold rush.
  这项繁荣的事业在刺激性和粗犷的西部气氛上可与1848年的加州淘金热相媲美，而且它为勘探者带来了远超过淘金潮的财富。
• 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。