Stampede

(noun.) a headlong rush of people on a common impulse; 'when he shouted `fire' there was a stampede to the exits'.

(noun.) a wild headlong rush of frightened animals (horses or cattle).

(verb.) run away in a stampede.

(verb.) cause to run in panic; 'Thunderbolts can stampede animals'.

(verb.) act, usually en masse, hurriedly or on an impulse; 'Companies will now stampede to release their latest software'.

(verb.) cause a group or mass of people to act on an impulse or hurriedly and impulsively; 'The tavern owners stampeded us into overeating'.

录入:奥利维尔

• It was not a trot, a gallop, or a canter, but a stampede, and made up of all possible or conceivable gaits. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We rose to the spirit of the time and the race became a wild rout, a stampede, a terrific panic. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Dismounted warriors were trampled underfoot in the stampede which followed. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I was not right sure but that Bragg's troops might be over their stampede by the time they reached Dalton. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The latter, no doubt, took this for a charge, and stampeded in turn. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.

录入:诺顿