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gusher

/guhsh-er/US // ˈgʌʃ ər //UK // (ˈɡʌʃə) //

涌泉,涌流,涌水,涌泉号

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a flowing oil well, usually of large capacity.
    • : a person who gushes.

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Examples

  • The medical battle against the coronavirus opened a gusher of nearly $8 billion in fresh investment last year in Montgomery County’s biotech companies.

  • The gusher of cash amounts to a bet that Robinhood will challenge or even eclipse the old guard.

  • The combination of Michigan’s swing state status, Peters’s low name recognition, and James’s profile and better-than-expected 2018 performance has sent gushers of money into Michigan’s Senate race this year.

  • The doubling of the stock markets has created a gusher of capital gains taxes.

  • The post-oil-spill gusher of stimulus to the gulf is likely to continue.

  • Uncertainty over dividend taxes spurred a gusher of special dividend payouts—7.5 times more than average.

  • (In fact, four years ago, I wrote a book on the topic, Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of Energy Independence).

  • He scoffs at the recent recommendation of Donald Trump that the gusher can be plugged simply by blowing it up.

  • Mrs. Pardiggle wrote a letter of introduction to my Guardian, in behalf of her eloquent friend, Mr. Gusher.

  • For days the experienced oil men made futile efforts to extinguish the gusher and to cap the shaft.

  • The weather had not moderated but Colonel Howell was anxious to bring the work on the gusher to a close.

  • Proudly enough, Paul sprang to the roaring gusher and gave the protected valve wheel a few quick turns.

  • He strikes a gusher that flows out twenty thousand —or maybe it was twenty million—barrels of oil a day.