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