gold rush
noun
- a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848, was followed by others in the US, Australia (1851- 3), South Africa (1884), and Canada (Klondike, 1897-8).淘金热(人们迅速移往新发现的采金区的热潮, 第一次于1848年出现在加利福尼亚, 后来在美国、澳大利亚[1851-1853]、南非[1884]和加拿大[克朗代克, 1897-1898]相继出现)。