| 单词 | boom |
| 释义 | Related topics: Business, Economics, Colours & sounds, Weapons, Water, Industry, Photography, Broadcasting, Construction, Tradeboom1 /buːm/ ●○○ noun 1 increase in business 业务增加 [singular]BPE a quick increase of business activity 〔生意〕繁荣，兴旺，激增 OPP slump The boom has created job opportunities. 经济繁荣创造了就业的机会。boom in a sudden boom in the housing market 房产市场的突然兴旺consumer/investment/property etc boom the post-war property boom 战后房地产业的蓬勃发展boom years/times In boom times, airlines do well. 在经济繁荣时期，航空公司生意很好。 the economic boom of the 1950s 20世纪50年代的经济繁荣 The economy went from boom to bust (=from increasing to decreasing) very quickly. 经济很快就从繁荣走向了萧条。 → boom town2 when STH is popular 某事物的流行 [singular]POPULARLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT an increase in how popular or successful something is, or in how often it happens 流行，风靡 the disco boom of the 1970s 20世纪70年代的迪斯科热boom in the boom in youth soccer in the U.S. 美国的青年足球热 → baby boom3. sound 声音 [countable]CPMW a deep loud sound that you can hear for several seconds after it begins, especially the sound of an explosion or a large gun 隆隆声 → sonic boom► see thesaurus at sound4. boat 船 [countable]TTW a long pole on a boat that is attached to the bottom of a sail, and that you move to change the position of the sail 帆桁，帆杆5 long pole 长杆子 [countable] a) TBTIa long pole used as part of a piece of equipment that loads and unloads things 〔起重机的〕吊杆，起重臂 b) TCPTCBa long pole that has a camera or microphone on the end 〔一端安装有摄影机或麦克风的〕活动支架，吊杆6. on a river/harbour 在河上/在港口 [countable]TTWTBC something that is stretched across a river or a bay to prevent things floating down or across it 〔横拦于河面或港湾以阻止物件漂走的〕挡栅，水栅n COLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + boom an economic boomthe post-war economic booma property/housing boom (=a sudden increase in house prices)People made a lot of money in the 1980s property boom.a consumer/spending boom (=a sudden increase in the amount people spend)Various factors caused the consumer boom.a building/construction boom (=a sudden increase in building work)There’s been a recent construction boom in the Gulf.an investment boomthe investment boom of the past few yearsverbscause/lead to a boomTax cuts sometimes lead to an economic boom.trigger/spark a boom (=start it)The lower interest rates triggered an economic boom.fuel a boom (=add to it)The energy crisis is fuelling a boom in alternative energy.enjoy a boomSince then, China has enjoyed a remarkable boom.boom + NOUNthe boom years/timesthe boom years of the late 1980sphrasesgo from boom to bust (=change from doing very well economically to doing very badly)The Mexican economy went from boom to bust very quickly.at the height of the boomThey sold their house at the height of the boom.Examples from the Corpusboom• In Gwinnett County, Ga., a boom that began more than a decade ago continues with no end in sight.• A more pressing problem is Mexico's dramatic baby boom.• There were two big booms, then the cloud started forming.• a record-breaking boom in tourism• Canada enjoyed a real economic boom in the postwar years.• The fitness boom started in the 1970s.• The IT market is growing, thanks to the Internet boom.• The bias litigation boom is in large measure traceable to key changes in the Civil Rights Act of 1991.• a log boom• There was a loud boom. The chemical works was on fire.• Witnesses heard the first loud boom at 3:03 p.m.• From beginning to end, each cycle of boom and slump lasts, Kondratiev argued, for about fifty years.• The trends in prices and construction track very closely past cycles of booms and busts.• The impact of the property boom was first felt in the financial markets.• the post-war property boom• A sonic boom was heard by observers on the shore as the meteorite fell to earth.• Motorola is one of the leaders in the global technology boom.• Extend your arms Keep them well down the boom to get the rig as upright as possible. 3.• The boom years brought by Brian Little have gone.• the boom in cellular phone ownership• The boom of cannon continued for most of the day.economic boom• By the eighteenth century, an economic boom had resulted in an active type of pre-capitalism, ready to take off.• Is an economic boom an unsustainable trend?• Its appearance coincided with an economic boom and an ideological crisis.• The needy themselves, buoyed up by economic boom, have been happy to go along.• The potential economic boom has been welcomed by business leaders in Swindon.• Treatment of blacks altered slightly with the great depression of the thirties and the economic boom of the wartime forties.• Indeed, in almost every speech, he celebrates the economic boom of what he calls the Clinton-Gore administration.• Our overconsumption is fueling this economic boom, but at a heavy cost to the environment.Related topics: Colours & sounds, Tradeboom2 ●○○ verb 1 [intransitive usually in progressive]SUCCESSFUL if business, trade, or a particular area is booming, it is increasing and being very successful 〔商业、贸易或某一地区〕繁荣，迅速发展 Business was booming, and money wasn’t a problem. 生意非常兴隆，钱已不是问题。 Tourism on the island has boomed. 岛上的旅游业迅速发展。2 CSAY (also boom out) [transitive] to say something in a loud deep voice 用洪亮而低沉的声音说 ‘Ladies and gentlemen, ’ his voice boomed out. “女士们，先生们。”他的声音低沉而有力。3 C (also boom out) [intransitive] to make a loud deep sound 发出低沉的声音，隆隆作响 Guns boomed in the distance. 远处大炮隆隆作响。 —booming adjective a booming economy 迅速发展的经济→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusboom• Cellnet has 800,000 subscribers, and business is booming.• Coastal development and tourism are booming.• Lower marginal rates would also improve work incentives and shrink the black economy, which is said to be booming.• Tourism boomed here in the late 1990s.• Every time Peter said a word, his father would boom him.• I boomed one drive 265 yards.• A crash of thunder boomed so loudly that the floor shook.• We're happy to report that business is booming this year.Business ... booming• It has 600,000 mobile phone subscribers and business is booming.• People migrated into the villages and towns of the coalfield where business was booming.• When their businesses were booming, they could afford to pose as tough-talking entrepreneurs keen to take on the telephone companies.• Its paging business was booming, and annual operating profits broke the $ 1 billion mark.• Business is booming for an Avis franchisee in the Carolinas despite well-publicized allegations of racial discrimination against customers.• Schilling fought it, but since business was booming, he was shouted down.• Business is also booming in the Far East, though Hong Kong suffered from higher costs and increased import duties.• Or else because business was booming, the money was there, and the experiments might just possibly pay off some day.From Longman Business Dictionaryboomboom1 /buːm/ noun [countable, uncountable]1ECONOMICS a time when business activity increases rapidly, so that the demand for goods increases, prices and wages go up, and unemployment fallsa boom in the building sectorAfter four years of economic boom, this year saw a slowing down of the economy.Government economic policy encouraged a consumer boom followed by a deep recession.A system of low taxation on land sales helped fuel a property boom. → compare slump2FINANCE a time when activity on the stockmarket reaches a high level and share prices are very highHopes of further interest rate cuts sparked off a shares boom yesterday.boomboom2 verb [intransitive]ECONOMICS if business, trade, or the economy is booming, it is very successful and growingSince the 1980s tourism has boomed here.The company has 600,000 mobile phone subscribers and business is booming.→ See Verb tableOrigin boom1 1. (1400-1500) → BOOM22. (1500-1600) Dutch “tree, long piece of wood” boom2 (1400-1500) From the soundboom1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1boom2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese a Business business Corpus quick increase of activity |
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