英文词源
- boom
- boom: see beam
- boom (v.)
- mid-15c., earliest use was for bees and wasps, probably echoic of humming. The meaning "make a loud noise" is 15c. Compare bomb. Meaning "to burst into prosperity" (of places, businesses, etc.) is 1871, American English. Related: Boomed; booming. Boom box first attested 1978.
- boom (n.1)
- "long pole," 1540s, from Scottish boun, borrowed from Dutch boom "tree, pole, beam," from a Middle Dutch word analogous to Old English beam (see beam (n.)).
- boom (n.2)
- in the business sense, 1873, sometimes said to be from boom (n.1), from the nautical meaning "a long spar run out to extend the foot of a sail" -- a ship "booming" being one in full sail. But it could just as well be from boom (v.) on the notion of "suddenness."
中文词源
boom:隆隆声、繁荣昌盛
发音释义:[buːm] vi.发出隆隆声;繁荣昌盛;声势浩大、劲头十足地前进vt. 以低沉而有回响的声音发出;使繁荣;使迅速发展n.隆隆声;繁荣昌盛;快速发展
词源解释:拟声词,模拟大群昆虫如蜜蜂的嗡嗡声。
同源词:bomb(轰炸)
衍生词:booming(繁荣的、兴旺的)
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版:boom 词源,boom 含义。
拟声词。
boom:发出隆隆声;兴旺,迅速发展
词源解释详见beam词条。
同源词:beam