boom

【发音】

美 /buːm/ 英 /buːm/

【翻译】

1. vi. 激增， 繁荣， 迅速发展； 发出隆隆声

   英释:if business, trade, or a particular area is booming, it is increasing and being very successful

2. n.激增，繁荣，迅速发展；隆隆声，嗡嗡声

   英释:a quick increase of business activity

【短语】

1. economic boom : 经济繁荣，经济腾飞

2. baby boom : 婴儿潮；生育高峰

3. business boom : 商业繁荣，生意兴隆

4. oil boom : 围油栏；防油栅；油栅

5. boom and bust : 繁荣与萧条

6. sonic boom : 超音波爆声；音爆（等于sonic bang）

7. telescopic boom : 伸缩臂

8. boom period : 繁荣时期；兴旺时期

9. baby boom generation : 婴儿潮一代；生育高峰代

10. placing boom : 灌筑吊杆

【例句】

1. Business was booming , and money wasn’t a problem.

   生意非常兴隆，钱已不是问题。

2. Tourism on the island has boomed.

   岛上的旅游业迅速发展。

【真题例句】

1. (2017.6 • CET6 • 第二套 • 阅读理解)...The North American shale gas boom has resulted in record low prices there...

2. (2016.6 • CET6 • 第三套 • 阅读理解)...Perhaps the best example of boom growth and bust decline is the Grand Banks fishery...

3. (2016.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 文本题)...which also leads to the rise of affluent middle class has seen an unprecedented boom in travelling...

4. (2014.12 • CET6 • 第一套 • 阅读理解)...The current business-book boom was launched in 1982 by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman with In Search of Excellence...

5. (2008.12 • CET6 • • 听力题)...Well the biggest change has been the decrease in sales since the great boom years of the 1980s when champagne production and sales reached record levels...

6. (2008.12 • CET6 • • 听力题)...Of course since those boom years sales have fallen...

【同、近义词】

1. n.繁荣；[机]吊杆；隆隆声

   prosperity/up/speed/

【同根词】

1. adj

   booming : 兴旺的，繁荣的；大受欢迎的

2. n

   boomer : 生育高峰中出生的人；赶往新兴地区安家的人；发出隆隆声者；发育完全的雄袋鼠

3. v

   booming : 兴旺（boom的ing形式）；发出隆隆声