| 单词 | baby bust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbaby bust baby bust n. [ < baby n. + bust n.3, after baby boom n.] originally and chiefly U.S. a period of marked decrease in the birth rate; spec. (esp. in the United States) the years c1965–75, following the post-war baby boom. ΚΠ 1966 Business Week 2 July 19/1 The great baby bust—that's the way to describe what's now happening to population growth in the U.S... Even though the actual number of marriages is up 17% from 1960, the number of births has dropped steadily. 1990 Fortune 15 Jan. 25/1 The baby bust is a demographic certainty. Starting now in Japan, soon in Western Europe, and a little later in the U.S., the pool of new labor will begin shrinking. 2000 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Jan. 5/4 We saw signs that the baby bust would soon abate. ‘Some experts’, we noted, ‘detect a slight rise in the birth rate in California’—which turned out to be the echo of the baby boom. < as lemmas |
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