the Wall Street CrashˌWall Street ˈCrash, the the sudden large fall in the value of company shares on the US Stock Exchange in October 1929. For about two years before this, the price of shares had risen very fast, and when people realized that companies were therefore worth more than their true value, they lost confidence. The severe fall that followed led directly to the Great Depression of the 1930s. 华尔街股灾〔1929年10月美国纽约证券交易所的股价暴跌,直接导致20世纪30年代的经济大萧条〕