boom
v
1 [I, Ip] make a deep hollow resonant sound 發出深沉、有回響的聲音
waves booming on the seashore 撞擊海岸發出隆隆聲的海浪
We could hear the enemy guns booming (away) in the distance. 我們能聽到遠處敵人的大炮轟隆聲.
The headmaster's voice boomed (out) across the playground. 校長甕聲甕氣的聲音傳遍操場.
2 [I, Ip, Tn, Tn.p]
~ (sth) (out) utter (sth) in a booming voice 用深沉的嗓音講(話)
`Get out of my sight!' he boomed. `走開!'他用低沉的聲音說. boom, n (usu sing 通常作單數) deep hollow sound 深沉的聲音
the boom of the guns, the surf 大炮、波濤拍岸的隆隆聲.
boom n sudden increase (in population, trade, etc); period of prosperity (人口、貿易等的)突然增加; 繁榮昌盛時期
The oil market is enjoying a boom. 石油市場欣欣向榮.
[attrib 作定語]
a boom year (for trade, exports, etc) (貿易、出口等)繁榮昌盛的一年. boom, v [I] have a period of rapid economic growth 處於經濟迅速發展時期
Business is booming. 商業正在迅速發展.
boom n
1 (on a sailing-boat) long pole used to keep the bottom of a sail stretched 帆的下桁; 帆杠. =>illus at yacht 見yacht之插圖.
2 (also derrick boom) pole attached to a derrick crane, used for loading and unloading a cargo 吊桿.
3
(a) barrier (usu of heavy chains) placed across a river or harbour entrance as a defence against enemy ships 橫江鐵索(用以防御敵艦).
(b) barrier (usu a mass of logs) placed across a river to prevent logs from floating away 水柵(通常為圓木, 用以防止木材漂走).
4 long movable arm for a microphone 話筒的可移動長臂
[attrib 作定語]
a boom microphone 有可移動長臂的話筒.
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