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

• I don't care what anyone says, there have got to be data that back up what I'm seeing: that after Sept.11, there was at least a Brooklyn baby boom.
  别人怎么说我不管，应该有数据证实我目睹的情况：9·11事件之后，至少在布鲁克林出现了生育高峰。
• 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。
• Entitlement spending is bound to increase as the baby boom generation retires.
  应享权益支出必须随“婴儿潮”一代的退休人员数量的增加而增长。
• 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。
• But others at the forum disputed the notion that China should be encouraging a new baby boom.
  但也有人在论坛上对中国应鼓励一个新的婴儿潮的建议提出异议。
• 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。
• With the baby boom, the focus of educators and of laymen interested in education inevitably turned toward the lower grades and back to basic academic skills and discipline.
  随着生育高峰，教育者和圈外人士对教育的兴趣和焦点，不可避免地转向了更低的年级和基础的学术技能和学科上。
• A Berlin neighborhood known for its baby boom reveals that in a nation with a graying population, treasure hunts often end in disappointment.
  被以它的婴儿潮闻名的柏林邻近地区揭露在一个国家中，和使人口变灰色，宝物追捕时常在失望方面结束。
• Like many people born at the tail end of the baby boom generation, I built up a sizeable vinyl record collection in my youth.
  与许多出生于婴儿潮末期的人一样，我在青年时代收集了大量乙烯基（黑胶）唱片。
• More members of the generation born under the one-child policy have reached the age of marriage and child-bearing, and China is preparing itself for a baby boom.
  计划生育年代出生的一代人已经到了结婚和生育的年龄，中国正在迎接又一个生育高峰。