exodus
noun /ˈeksədəs/
  /ˈeksədəs/
[singular] (formal or humorous)- exodus (from…) (to…) a situation in which many people leave a place at the same time(大批人同时)离开,外出,出去 - the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the summer夏日大批人离开巴黎到乡村 
- The play was so awful that there was a general exodus from the theatre at the interval.那剧十分糟糕,在幕间休息时观众纷纷离去。 
 词源early 17th cent.: from Greek exodos, from ex- ‘out of’ + hodos ‘way’.
- the mass exodus from Paris to the country in the summer