boom

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復(fù)數(shù):?booms;第三人稱單數(shù):?booms;過去式:?boomed;過去分詞:?boomed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?booming;

1. 一胎生了600 個(gè)MM， baby boom 嬰兒潮（二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期）， baby boomer（二戰(zhàn)時(shí)期出生的人）。

boom 激增

擬聲詞。

boom: boom: see beam
boom (v.): mid-15c., earliest use was for bees and wasps, probably echoic of humming. The meaning "make a loud noise" is 15c. Compare bomb. Meaning "to burst into prosperity" (of places, businesses, etc.) is 1871, American English. Related: Boomed; booming. Boom box first attested 1978.
boom (n.1): "long pole," 1540s, from Scottish boun, borrowed from Dutch boom "tree, pole, beam," from a Middle Dutch word analogous to Old English beam (see beam (n.)).
boom (n.2): in the business sense, 1873, sometimes said to be from boom (n.1), from the nautical meaning "a long spar run out to extend the foot of a sail" -- a ship "booming" being one in full sail. But it could just as well be from boom (v.) on the notion of "suddenness."

1. The boom of the 1980s led to a taste for petrol-guzzling cars.: 20世紀(jì)80年代的經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮使人們喜歡上高油耗的汽車。

2. The stillness of night was broken by the boom of a cannon.: 夜晚的寂靜被隆隆的炮聲打破。

3. This boom has been engineered by the Chancellor for short-term political reasons.: 這片繁榮景象是總理為了短期政治利益而精心安排的。

4. Brisbane has become the boom town for Australian film and television.: 布里斯班由于澳大利亞電影和電視業(yè)的發(fā)展而迅速變成了一個(gè)繁榮的都市。

5. U.S. manufacturers may find the export boom stopping dead in its tracks.: 美國(guó)制造商將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)出口熱戛然而止。