baby boom

英 [ˈbeɪbi buːm]

美 [ˈbeɪbi buːm]

n.  生育高峰(期)

TOEFL

牛津词典

noun

• 生育高峰（期）
  a period when many more babies are born than usual

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 生育高峰
  Ababy boomis a period of time when a lot of babies are born in a particular place.
  1. I'm a product of the postwar baby boom.
     我出生在战后的生育高峰期。

英英释义

noun

• the larger than expected generation in United States born shortly after World War II
  Synonym:baby-boom generation

双语例句

• The baby boom has already put hospitals and doctors on alert in major cities.
  在一些大城市，这一生育高潮已经让很多医院和大夫绷紧了弦。
• The baby boom created a bulge in school enrollment.
  生育高峰造成学校入学人数的暴涨。
• For a city with an ageing population, a baby boom should be good news.
  对于一个人口日益老龄化的城市而言，出现婴儿潮应该是个好消息。
• 18 A month ago there were news reports of a post-Sept. 11 baby boom.
  一个月前，有关于9·11事件之后出现生育高峰的新闻报道。
• I believed the baby boom story and waited for the babies.
  我相信关于生育高峰报道的真实性，期待着这些孩子的出生。
• China's emerging baby boom, driven by more-relaxed government policies and the year of the dragon, is fertile ground for both domestic and overseas companies.
  伴随着政策宽松和龙年的到来，中国将迎来新一轮婴儿潮，国内和国外企业或因此受益。
• Although economics was probably the most important determinant, it is not the only explanation for the baby boom.
  对于生育高峰，经济有可能是最重要的决定因素，但它并不是惟一的解释。
• A member of a baby-boom generation. The baby boom swelled the population.
  婴儿潮[生育高峰]使人口膨胀。
• Beijing a giant panda in Southwest China has given birth to a pair of twins, state media said, the latest additions in a baby boom for the endangered animals.
  北京，官方媒体说，中国西南的一只大熊猫生了一对双胞胎，这是这种濒临灭绝动物婴儿潮中新添的宝宝。
• A person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically.
  一个在生育高峰之后出生率大副度降低的时候出生的人。