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单词 boom
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boom1

/buːm /
noun
1A loud, deep, resonant sound: the deep boom of the bass drum...
  • There was a deep boom, then the sound of rending metal and breaking glass, and still it didn't stop.
  • I heard someone yell as a loud boom sounded behind them.
  • As they drew closer to Sara's there was a loud boom and a cracking sound.

Synonyms

reverberation, resonance, resounding;
thunder, thundering, roaring, echoing, re-echoing, blasting, crashing, drumming, thrumming, pounding;
roar, rumble, bellow, bang, blast, blare, loud noise
1.1The characteristic resonant cry of the bittern: the boom of the bittern may be enjoyed in the country...
  • And Doncaster will hopefully soon be ringing with the boom of bitterns crying out for mates.
  • He reported that bitterns were beginning to practise their boom on the reserve again but would not find their full voice until April or May.
verb [no object]
1Make a loud, deep, resonant sound: thunder boomed in the sky...
  • A loud sound boomed out like that of a giant bell, when one is inside it.
  • A chime from somewhere deep inside the Sanctuary boomed out seven deep notes: fifteen minutes to the next class.
  • Suddenly, I heard the sound of thunder booming all about outside.

Synonyms

reverberate, resound, resonate;
rumble, thunder, ring out, sound loudly, blare, echo, fill the air;
crack, crash, roll, clap, explode, bang, blast
1.1 [with direct speech] Say in a loud, deep, resonant voice: ‘Stop right there,’ boomed the Headmaster...
  • ‘Kaseios,’ his loud voice boomed across the hall, just like it used to, and Euthenas was no longer terrified, but comforted.
  • ‘She was a wonderful, beautiful ambitious woman and she will be missed,’ his deep voice boomed between sobs.
  • ‘You killed my best friend,’ the shadow boomed in a deep voice.

Synonyms

bellow, roar, thunder, shout, bawl, yell, bark
North American informal holler
rare vociferate
1.2(Of a bittern) utter its characteristic resonant cry: a dozen bitterns boom mysteriously from the reeds...
  • The date of the first booming bitterns varies each year, although there has been a trend towards them starting to boom earlier in recent years.
  • There is a sexual bias in that only male Great Bitterns boom; we have no data on the survival of adult females.
  • Leighton Moss, a premier RSPB reserve where you can hear bitterns boom, is a lovely walk away over the crag.

Phrases

boom boom

Derivatives

boominess

noun ...
  • In this chamber setting there's less boominess to Grieg's music yet still the fuller sound we're familiar with in a work originally composed for piano.
  • The music sounded fuller and had more punch to it, and, again, I did not hear any boominess or muddiness.
  • These features control excessive boominess and balance the room's reverberation response.

boomy

adjective (boomier, boomiest) ...
  • The poor, boomy bass was not caused by the room itself.
  • I'm convinced that I'm forever cursed with boomy bass.
  • Has anyone here had success tweaking the drums, room, or recording equipment to achieve that big boomy drum sound?

Origin

Late Middle English (as a verb): ultimately imitative; perhaps from Dutch bommen 'to hum, buzz'.

  • bomb from late 17th century:

    In terms of origin, a bomb goes boom (LME from a Germanic root)—the word probably goes right back to Greek bombos ‘booming, humming’. The first bombs, in the late 17th century, are what we would call ‘shells’. Soldiers ignited their fuses and fired them from mortars. Before they were dramatically unexpected events or sexy blondes, bombshells were originally the casings of such devices. Bombs as we know them came to prominence in the First World War. It was not until after the Second World War, though, that to go like a bomb began to be used for ‘to go very fast’, or cost a bomb for ‘be very expensive’. See also atom. A bombardier (late 16th century) gets his name from an early gun called a bombard (Late Middle English), which came from the same source as bomb.

Rhymes

boom2

/buːm /
noun
A period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth: the London property boom...
  • Thailand is relying on rising exports and a consumer-spending boom to double economic growth this year.
  • The growth figures suggest Ireland may recapture some of the form of the boom years when economic growth peaked at 11.5 per cent.
  • This added 1.5 per cent to economic growth in the boom years of the 1990s.
verb [no object]
Experience a period of great prosperity or rapid economic growth: business is booming...
  • The U.S. labor market was booming until an economic downturn began in 2001.
  • However, as economic times continue to boom, private label growth has occurred in the lower-income consumer demographic.
  • Equally, rates could rise to high single digits if world peace was in jeopardy or economic growth boomed.

Derivatives

boomlet

noun ...
  • There are no savings left to fund new projects that would be undertaken after this little boomlet.
  • But if the projections of jobs and a subsequent biotech boomlet pan out, those investors are going to reap the benefits.
  • After the debacle of the telecom crash, it might be hard for greed to spark another boom or even boomlet.

boomy

adjective (boomier, boomiest)

Origin

Late 19th century (originally US): probably from boom1.

boom3

/buːm /
noun
1A pivoted spar to which the foot of a vessel’s sail is attached, allowing the angle of the sail to be changed.She has a square sail on two booms, which I shall see is fully repaired, and there is little else to do to make her ready....
  • The wind caught the sails with a dull boom and the ship heeled about, tacking into the westerly breeze sweeping across the lake.
  • So a sheet is a rope, a tack is a turn into the wind and the boom is the spar along the bottom of the sail.
2 [often as modifier] A movable arm over a television or film set, carrying a microphone or camera: a boom mike...
  • Already the media was on the scene, in the building, hanging boom microphones and video cameras out the windows on either side of the woman.
  • No studio, no financing, no known actors just a cameraman, boom man, front man, and some extras.
  • Lucy pointed, too, and made some gurgles, and even patted the boom mike while the cameras rolled.
3A floating beam used to contain oil spills or to form a barrier across the mouth of a harbour or river.Our bays and inlets could be protected by floating booms and where they exist, by closing sluice gates,’ she said....
  • Officers from the Environment Agency stretched a number of booms across the river to contain the diesel and prevent it from travelling further downstream.
  • The operator is also required to provide a boom across the river to stop boats approaching the weir.

Origin

Mid 16th century (in the general sense 'beam, pole'): from Dutch, 'beam, tree, pole'; related to beam.

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