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单词 boom
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boomnoun

uk/buːm/us/buːm/

boom noun (SOUND)

[ C ] a deep and loud hollow sound

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

  • clash
  • crackling
  • ding
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • fizz
  • hoot
  • jangling
  • knock
  • pip
  • rasp
  • ringer
  • rumbling
  • sing
  • slam
  • swish
  • thud
  • twang
  • whine
  • whistle

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boom noun (PERIOD OF GROWTH)

[ C or U ] a period of sudden economic growth, especially one that results in a lot of money being made:

The insurance business suffered from a vicious cycle of boom and bust.
the property boom

[ C usually singular ] an increase in something , or a time when something becomes more popular:

This year has seen a boom in book sales.
See also
baby boom

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Economics

  • autarchy
  • broad money
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer
  • consumer price index
  • credit crunch
  • depressed
  • downturn
  • expenditure
  • GDP per capita
  • GNI
  • hyperinflation
  • market forces
  • mixed economy
  • pecuniary
  • protectionism
  • retail price index
  • spending
  • stall
  • trade figures
  • upturn

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Success and achievements

boom noun (BOAT)

[ C ] specialized sailing (on a boat) a long pole that moves and that has a sail fastened to it

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Parts of ships & boats

  • abaft
  • boathook
  • boiler room
  • capstan
  • echo sounder
  • engine room
  • gangplank
  • gunnel
  • helm
  • jib
  • lanyard
  • lifebelt
  • mast
  • oar
  • paddle
  • porthole
  • rib
  • rudder
  • sail
  • tiller

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boom noun (FILMING)

[ C ] a long pole with a microphone on one end that is held above the actors so that it records their voices but cannot be seen by the people watching, used in television and film-making

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Cinema - general words

  • 12A
  • animation
  • animator
  • best boy
  • Bollywood
  • CGI
  • filming
  • filmstrip
  • footage
  • freeze-frame
  • gaffer
  • pan
  • shoot
  • showing
  • slide projector
  • slow motion
  • sound effect
  • soundtrack
  • storyboard
  • the big screen 1

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Poles, rods, shafts and sticks

boomverb

uk/buːm/us/buːm/

boom verb (MAKE A SOUND)

[ I or T ] to make a very deep and loud hollow sound:

The cannons boomed (out) in the night.
He boomed (out) an order to the soldiers.

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Sounds made by objects, movement or impact

  • clash
  • crackling
  • ding
  • ding-a-ling
  • ding-dong
  • fizz
  • hoot
  • jangling
  • knock
  • pip
  • rasp
  • ringer
  • rumbling
  • sing
  • slam
  • swish
  • thud
  • twang
  • whine
  • whistle

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Sounds made by humans with their mouths

boom verb (GROW)

[ I ] to increase or become successful and produce a lot of money very quickly:

often in continuous tenses The leisure industry is booming.

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Making progress and advancing

  • a step forward idiom
  • advance
  • advancement
  • ahead
  • be cooking idiom
  • betterment
  • develop
  • go great guns idiom
  • graduate
  • grow
  • grow into sb/sth
  • grow out of sth
  • have come a long way idiom
  • rise
  • shape
  • simmer
  • speciation
  • spread your wings idiom
  • steer a course/path idiom
  • step

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booming
adjective uk/ˈbuː.mɪŋ/us/ˈbuː.mɪŋ/

a booming voice
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