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
- This area was affected by a great gold rush which ended when the only vein present was exhausted.
一场声势浩大的淘金热席卷了这里，并最终导致当地的金矿资源枯竭，但自然也对人类进行了报复。 - This started a gold rush unlike any other in American history in the Golden State.
从此，“金州”（GoldenState）加利福尼亚开始了美国历史上从未有过的淘金热。 - 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。 - 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。 - The majority of Chinese immigrants to Australia during the gold rush were indentured or contract labourers.
多数中国人移民到澳大利亚，在淘金人的契约或合同的劳动者。 - 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。 - Chaplin featured in the gold rush.
卓别林主演了《淘金热》这部片子。 - During the California gold rush, many people had a dog-eat-dog life.
在加利福尼亚的淘金热潮中？许多人都过著一种互相倾轧的生活。 - In the Yukon during the Gold Rush, mongrel teams were the rule.
淘金热时期，在加拿大的育空，杂交的狗队通常是惯用的做法。 - 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。