gold rush
英 [ˈɡəʊld rʌʃ]
美 [ˈɡoʊld rʌʃ]
n. 淘金热
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)
- the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line
双语例句
- 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 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。 - Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and, like many of his wealthy contemporaries, made his fortune in the railroads.
在纽约长大并学习法律的利兰·斯坦福在淘金潮后搬到了西部，和许多同时代的有钱人一样他投资了铁路事业。 - This surreal experience left me feeling a bit like Charlie Chaplin in the gold rush, when he invites his love to dinner and prepares the meal and waits but she does not come.
这种不真实的体验让我感觉自己有点像《淘金记》（thegoldrush）中的卓别林（charliechaplin）他请意中人共进晚餐，备好了饭菜，左等右等，她却没来。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - The California gold rush happened at the beginning of last century.
加利福尼亚淘金热出现在上世纪初。 - 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。