Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense booms, present participle booming, past tense, past participle boomed
1N-COUNT [usually singular](经济的)繁荣,景气 If there is a boom in the economy, there is an increase in economic activity, for example in the amount of things that are being bought and sold. (经济的)繁荣,景气
An economic boom followed, especially in housing and construction.
接着出现了经济繁荣,尤其是在房地产业和建筑业。
The 1980s were indeed boom years.
20世纪80年代是真正的繁荣时期。
...the cycle of boom and bust which has damaged us for 40 years.
40年来给我们造成巨大破坏的经济繁荣与萧条的交替循环
2N-COUNT [usually singular](数量的)增长;(频率的)加快;成功 A boom in something is an increase in its amount, frequency, or success. (数量的)增长;(频率的)加快;成功
The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations. [+ in]
该项体育运动的兴起意味着制定更加严格的安全规则的呼声更高了。
Public transport has not been able to cope adequately with the travel boom.
公共交通系统还不能充分满足迅速发展的旅游业的需求。
3VERB (经济或生意)景气,繁荣 If the economy or a business is booming, the amount of things being bought or sold is increasing. (经济或生意)景气,繁荣
By 1988 the economy was booming. [VERB]
到1988年经济一直很繁荣。
Sales are booming. [VERB]
销售额在快速增长。
It has a booming tourist industry. [VERB-ing]
其旅游产业在蓬勃发展。
4N-COUNT [usually singular](船帆的)下桁;帆桁 On a boat, the boom is the long pole which is attached to the bottom of the sail and to the mast and which you move when you want to alter the direction in which you are sailing. (船帆的)下桁;帆桁
5N-COUNT 浮木挡栅,水栅(用来阻挡溢出的油扩散) A boom is a large floating barrier that is used for stopping oil that has spilled from spreading. 浮木挡栅,水栅(用来阻挡溢出的油扩散)
6VERB (人)吼叫;(大炮或大鼓)发隆隆声 When something such as someone's voice, a cannon, or a big drum booms, it makes a loud, deep sound that lasts for several seconds. (人)吼叫;(大炮或大鼓)发隆隆声 [Also VERB] [Also VERBPREPOSITION]
'Ladies,' boomed Helena, without a microphone, 'we all know why we're here tonight.'. [VERB with quote]
“女士们,”海伦娜大声喊道,没有用麦克风,“我们都知道今晚我们为什么来到这里。”
Thunder boomed like battlefield cannons over Crooked Mountain. [VERB prep./adv.]
1period of sudden increase高增長期ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOOM | BOOM + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great大繁榮▸➤post-war戰後繁榮➤consumer, credit, economic, inflationary, investment, spending消費熱潮;貸款潮;經濟繁榮;通貨膨脹性繁榮;投資潮;消費高峰➤stock-market股市熱▸➤building, housing, property, real estate (especially NAmE) 房產熱▸➤oil石油開發熱潮▸➤baby生育高峰◇the baby boom generation生育高峰出生的一代➤dotcom, high-tech, Internet, tech網絡公司熱潮;高科技公司繁榮;因特網熱潮;技術大發展VERB + BOOM➤cause, create, fuel, lead to引起/引發/促進/推動繁榮◇Demand for consumer products helped fuel the boom.消費品需求促進了經濟繁榮。➤experience經歷繁榮BOOM + NOUN➤period, time, year繁榮期;興盛的一年➤town新興城市PREPOSITION➤during a/the boom, in a/the boom在繁榮期內◇He was born during the post-war baby boom.他出生在戰後的生育高峰期。➤boom in⋯方面的攀升◇a boom in real estate房地產熱PHRASES➤boom and bust繁榮與蕭條◇the ordinary business cycle of boom and bust正常的生意旺淡週期boom
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2deep hollow sound隆隆聲ADJECTIVE | VERB + BOOM | BOOM + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤big, loud巨大的/響亮的隆隆聲▸➤deep低沉的隆隆聲▸➤sonic聲爆◇We heard the sonic boom of a jet overhead.我們聽到頭上噴氣式飛機的聲爆。VERB + BOOM➤hear聽見深沉的聲音BOOM + VERB➤echo回聲隆隆◇The deep boom of a foghorn echoed across the bay.霧角低沉的聲音在海灣回響。PREPOSITION➤with a boom帶着低沉的聲音