boom

noun

商业；经济 in business/economy

1. （贸易和经济活动的）激增，繁荣
   a sudden increase in trade and economic activity; a period of wealth and success
   1. a boom in car sales
      汽车销售额的剧增
   2. Living standards improved rapidly during the post-war boom.
      在战后那段繁荣昌盛的时期里，生活水平得到了迅速提高。
   3. a boom year (for trade, exports, etc.)
      （贸易、出口等）兴盛的一年
   4. a property/housing boom
      房地产 / 住房的迅速发展
   5. a chaotic period of boom and bust
      经济繁荣与经济萧条交替出现的混乱时期

风靡期 popular period

2. （某种体育运动、音乐等）突然风靡的时期
   a period when sth such as a sport or a type of music suddenly becomes very popular and successful
   1. The only way to satisfy the golf boom was to build more courses.
      满足这场高尔夫球热的唯一途径是增建球场。

船 on boat

3. 帆桁
   a long pole that the bottom of a sail is attached to and that you move to change the position of the sail

声音 sound

4. 深沉的响声
   a loud deep sound
   1. the distant boom of the guns
      远处隆隆的炮声

河；港口 in river/harbour

5. 水栅
   a floating barrier that is placed across a river or the entrance to a harbour to prevent ships or other objects from coming in or going out

麦克风 for microphone

6. 吊杆；支架
   a long pole that carries a microphone or other equipment

verb

发出巨响 make loud sound

1. 轰鸣；轰响
   to make a loud deep sound
   1. Outside, thunder boomed and crashed.
      外面雷声隆隆，霹雳炸响。
2. 以低沉有力的声音说
   to say sth in a loud deep voice
   1. ‘Get out of my sight!’ he boomed.
      “别让我再见到你！”他低沉而有力地说。
   2. A voice boomed out from the darkness.
      黑暗中传来低沉有力的嗓音。
   3. He had a booming voice .
      他的嗓音低沉洪亮。

商业；经济 of business/economy

3. 迅速发展；激增；繁荣昌盛
   to have a period of rapid growth; to become bigger, more successful, etc.
   1. By the 1980s, the computer industry was booming.
      到20世纪80年代时，计算机行业迅猛发展。
   2. Business is booming!
      生意兴隆！

1. N-COUNT （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.
   1. 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。
   2. The 1980s were indeed boom years.
      20世纪80年代是真正的繁荣时期。
   3. ...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
2. N-COUNT （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.
   1. The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations...
      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。
   2. 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。
3. VERB （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.
   1. By 1988 the economy was booming...
      到1988年经济一直很繁荣。
   2. Sales are booming...
      销售额在快速增长。
   3. It has a booming tourist industry.
      其旅游产业在蓬勃发展。
4. （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.
5. 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.
6. VERB （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.
   1. 'Ladies,' boomed Helena, without a microphone, 'we all know why we're here tonight.'...
      “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。”
   2. Thunder boomed like battlefield cannons over Crooked Mountain.
      雷声像战场上的炮声一样响彻克鲁克德山。
   3. Boom out means the same as boom .
      boom out同boom
   4. Music boomed out from loudspeakers...
      喇叭中传出低沉的音乐声。
   5. A megaphone boomed out, 'This is the police.'
      …扩音器响了起来：“我们是警察。”
   6. He turned his sightless eyes their way and boomed out a greeting.
      他将失明的双眼转向他们，低声打了个招呼。
   7. Boom is also a noun.
      
   8. The stillness of night was broken by the boom of a cannon.
      夜晚的寂静被隆隆的炮声打破。
7. → see: baby boom

1. It's no accident that the boom in police series on TV coincided with the decline of the Western.
   警匪剧在电视上盛行之时恰好是西部片衰退之际，这并非偶然。
2. 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。
3. The 1980s were indeed boom years.
   20世纪80年代是真正的繁荣时期。
4. The boom in the sport's popularity has meant more calls for stricter safety regulations
   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。
5. 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。
6. Sales are booming
   销售额在快速增长。
7. 'Ladies,' boomed Helena, without a microphone, 'we all know why we're here tonight.'
   “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。”
8. The long whining whistle of a shell was followed by the dull boom of the explosion
   在炮弹长长的哀鸣声呼啸而过之后是隆隆而低沉的爆炸声。
9. This boom has been engineered by the Chancellor for short-term political reasons.
   这片繁荣景象是总理为了短期政治利益而精心安排的。
10. He made a small fortune in the London property boom.
    他在伦敦房产升温的时候发了一笔小财。
11. The economic boom was fueled by easy credit.
    宽松的信贷政策刺激了经济繁荣。
12. The corruption does not seem to have muted the country's prolonged economic boom.
    腐败似乎没有影响国家经济的持续繁荣。
13. U.S. manufacturers may find the export boom stopping dead in its tracks.
    美国制造商将会发现出口热戛然而止。
14. At present, we are witnessing another building boom.
    当前，我们又一次处于建筑繁荣期。
15. The boom in building has resulted in the local land being more valuable now for houses.
    营造业的兴旺导致了目前当地房屋建筑土地价格上涨。
16. Boom! The dynamite sent the rocks flying.
    炸药轰隆一声，山石崩裂。
17. There is the recent boom in real estate.
    最近房地产生意很景气。
18. How long can the present business boom last?
    目前这种商业繁荣能持续多久？
19. The new aircraft creates a sonic boom.
    那种新飞机会产生声震。
20. The big tax cuts fueled a consumer boom.
    税额的大削减刺激了消费的迅速增长。
21. This year saw a phenomenal boom in micro-blogging in both private and public life.
    今年，无论是在私人还是公众生活中，人们都清楚看到了微博的繁荣壮大。
22. That changed with China's industrial boom.
    随着中国工业的快速发展，情况发生了改变。
23. Rapid financial change, triggered by innovation and deregulation, leads to a lending boom.
    由金融创新和放松监管引发的迅速金融变革，催生了一轮信贷繁荣。
24. The boom resolves itself in a bust whose twin children are capital consumption and unemployment.
    当资本消耗和失业这对孪生兄弟出现时，繁荣就开始解体了。
25. Is this the end of the China car boom?
    难道说，中国汽车行业的繁荣期就此终结了吗？
26. This led to a boom in consumption.
    这便促成了消费的繁荣。
27. Art prices and sales have reached their highest level since 1990, the time of the last boom.
    艺术品价格和销量均达到了1990上一次热潮以来的最高水平。

  flourish boom prosper thrive【导航词义：繁荣】

  flourish v. 繁荣，兴旺

〔辨析〕指经济、事业等发展迅速或取得巨大成功，也指植物茁壮成长。

  boom v. 迅速发展，繁荣

〔辨析〕指商业、贸易等进入快速发展时期，规模更大、更成功。

  prosper v. 兴旺，发达

〔辨析〕指人、企业等经营有方，经济上获利颇丰。

  thrive v. 〈正式〉兴旺，欣欣向荣

〔辨析〕指人、动植物健康茁壮成长；也指经济繁荣发展，作此义解时常可与 flourish 或 prosper 换用。

noun

1. any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring

2. a pole carrying an overhead microphone projected over a film or tv set

   Synonym:    microphone boom

3. a deep prolonged loud noise

   Synonym:    roarroaringthunder

4. a sudden happening that brings good fortune (as a sudden opportunity to make money)
   1. the demand for testing has created a boom for those unregulated laboratories where boxes of specimen jars are processed like an assembly line

   Synonym:    bonanzagold rushgravygodsendmanna from heavenwindfallbunce

5. a state of economic prosperity

verb

1. grow vigorously
   1. The deer population in this town is thriving
   2. business is booming

   Synonym:    thriveflourishexpand

2. hit hard
   1. He smashed a 3-run homer

   Synonym:    smashnailblast

3. make a deep hollow sound
   1. Her voice booms out the words of the song

   Synonym:    boom out

4. make a resonant sound, like artillery
   1. His deep voice boomed through the hall

   Synonym:    din

5. be the case that thunder is being heard
   1. Whenever it thunders, my dog crawls under the bed

   Synonym:    thunder