Tulip Mania

stir

(n) Sự xôn xao, chấn động

The Semper Augustus tulip caused quite a stir in 17th-century Holland.

grandeur

(n) Vẻ hùng vĩ, cao sang

The tulip’s grandeur made it highly desirable.

absurd

(adj) Vô lý, phi lý

3,000 guilders for one bulb was an absurd price.

wackier

(adj) Kỳ quặc hơn

Who was wackier, the buyer or the seller?

coveted

(adj) Được thèm muốn, ao ước

Tulips became one of the most coveted items in Holland.

cautionary tale

(n.phrase) Câu chuyện cảnh tỉnh

Tulip mania is a cautionary tale for modern investors.

bonkers

(adj) Điên cuồng, mất trí

People went bonkers over tulips.

flaunt

(v) Phô trương

Wealthy merchants flaunted their riches with flower gardens.

fancier

(n) Người say mê (sưu tầm, trồng hoa, v.v.)

A new type of tulip fancier emerged in the 1630s.

stagnant

(adj) Trì trệ, không tăng lên

Bulb supply remained stagnant despite high demand.

wedge into

(v.phrase) Chen chân vào, len lỏi vào

More speculators wedged into the tulip market.

mortgage

(v) Thế chấp tài sản

Farmers mortgaged homes to buy tulip bulbs

speculator

(n) người đầu cơ tích trữ

zenith

(n) Đỉnh cao

The mania reached its zenith in winter 1636–37.

fetch

(v) Bán được (giá bao nhiêu)

Tulips once worth 5,000 guilders fetched only 50 after the crash.

fallout

(n) Hệ quả tiêu cực

The economic fallout was limited since tulips were not central to the economy.

periphery

(n) Vùng ngoài rìa, không trung tâm

Tulip trade existed at the periphery of Dutch economic life.

run its course

(v.phrase) Đi đến hồi kết

Will modern tech mania run its course like tulip mania did?

buzzword

(n) Từ thịnh hành, khẩu hiệu thời thượng

“Tulip mania” has become a buzzword in economics.

craze

(n) Cơn sốt, trào lưu

The tulip craze gripped all levels of Dutch society.

exorbitant

(adj) Quá đáng, cắt cổ (về giá cả)

The price offered was exorbitant.