gold rush
- IPA[ˈɡōld ˌrəSH]
美式
- a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848–49, was followed by others in the US, Australia (1851–53), South Africa (1884), and Canada (Klondike, 1897–98).
noun: gold rush, plural noun: gold rushes