gold rush

英 [ˈɡəʊld rʌʃ]

美 [ˈɡoʊld rʌʃ]

n.  淘金热

TOEFL

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

• 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。
• 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。
• The small town became prosperous in the gold rush. Gold is a precious metal.
  这个小镇在淘金热期间繁荣起来。金子是一种贵金属。
• 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。
• At that time, gold was discovered in California and thousands of people rushed there to look for gold, so it became known as "the gold rush".
  当时有人在加利福利亚发现了黄金，于是成千上万的人涌到那里去寻找金子，成为广大为人知的“淘金热”。
• However, it was the Gold Rush that changed the destiny of Alaska.
  不过，淘金热给阿拉斯加的命运带来了转机。
• 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？
• Chaplin featured in the gold rush.
  卓别林主演了《淘金热》这部片子。
• 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。