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

• 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。
• 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。
• China needs a baby boom& and badly, researchers say.
  研究人员说，中国需要一个生育高峰，并且是急需。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In my neighborhood there is a baby boom.
  我家附近出现了生育高峰。
• Like many members of my early baby boom generation, my first car was a Volkswagen Beetle.
  我是婴儿潮早期出生的那一代人。像许多同龄人一样，我的第一台车是一台大众甲壳虫（VolkswagenBeetle）。
• 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。
• This notion has sparked a baby boom across the country.
  因此，金猪年的说法引起了全国范围内的宝宝潮。