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)。