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- a sudden panicked rush of a number of horses, cattle, or other animals（马、牛等动物的）惊跑, 乱窜。
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- a sudden rapid movement or reaction of a mass of people in response to a particular circumstance or stimulus（人群的）蜂拥：
a stampede of bargain hunters.
一群蜂拥而来搜寻便宜货的人。
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- often in names(in North America) a rodeo（北美）牛仔竞技表演, 放牧人竞技会; 摩托车竞技表演：
the Calgary Stampede.
卡尔加里的牛仔竞技表演。
no obj.
1- (of horses, cattle, or other animals) rush wildly in a sudden mass panic（马、牛等动物）惊跑, 乱窜：
the nearby sheep stampeded as if they sensed impending danger.
附近的羊群四散惊逃, 就好像它们感到危险迫在眉睫。
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of people) move rapidly in a mass（人群）蜂拥：
the children stampeded through the kitchen, playing tag or hide-and-seek.
那些孩子在厨房里挤进挤出, 玩捉人游戏或捉迷藏。
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- with obj. cause (people or animals) to move in such a way使（人, 动物）惊跑; 使逃窜; 使蜂拥：
the raiders stampeded 200 mules
袭击者使200匹骡子四散惊逃
figurative 〈喻〉don't let them stampede us into anything.
别让他们把我们吓成什么似的。
派生词
stampeder
noun词源
early 19th cent.: Mexican Spanish use of Spanish estampida 'crash, uproar', of Germanic origin; related to the verb STAMP.