boom
英 [bu?m]
美 [b?m]
- vt. 使興旺；發(fā)隆隆聲
- vi. 急速發(fā)展；發(fā)隆隆聲
- n. 繁榮；吊桿；隆隆聲
- n. (Boom)人名；(法、德)博姆
助記提示
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）。
中文詞源
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. U.S. manufacturers may find the export boom stopping dead in its tracks.
- 美國制造商將會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)出口熱戛然而止。
來自柯林斯例句