单词 | mushroom growth |
释义 | > as lemmasmushroom growth mushroom growth n. figurative rapid growth or expansion; (as a count noun) something which has sprung up or become successful very rapidly. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > rapid or sharp increase mushroom growth1727 skyrocketing1821 wave1851 jump1883 mushrooming1916 bump-up1927 upsurgence1934 upsurge1935 explosion1953 surge1964 quantum jump1975 quantum leap1977 1727 W. Somervile Occas. Poems 245 In Troops the recent Gentry rise, Of Mushroom Growth. 1839 Southern Lit. Messenger 5–12 Dec. 793 I eschew, as I would an infected district, that mushroom growth of human habitations which has climbed the airy heights of west Boston. 1931 Economist 2 May 944/2 Thus has terminated the career of a bank which enjoyed a mushroom growth immediately after the war. 1992 T. Enright tr. S. O'Crohan Day in our Life (1993) 141 Tis no mushroom growth you are, Jack. < as lemmas |
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