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单词 boomer
释义
boomer
noun[C]
informal
uk
/ˈbuː.mər/us
/ˈbuː.mɚ/

boomernoun[C](PERSON)

sometimesdisapproving
apersonbornduring theperiodbetweenapproximately1945 and 1965followingthe SecondWorldWar, when there was ababyboom(= alargeincreasein thenumberofbabiesborn), also used to refer to anolderpersoningeneral:
Many boomers are in apositiontoafforda second or thirdhome.
Largenumbersof boomers aresufferingfromhypertension, butfollowingthem will betheirkidsand grandkids.
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baby boomer
Generation X
Generation Y
millennial
OK boomerhumorous
a phrase used forreplyingto something said, usually by anolderperson, thatsuggeststhere is no usearguingwith them because they do notknowwhat they aretalkingabout:
"Millennialsexpectlifeto be easy."—"OK boomer."
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More examples
  • Boomers who havefinishedpayingcollegetuitionarereadytospendmoneyontheirowntravels.
  • She said she didn't need alecturefrom a boomer about herspendinghabits.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Describing age & birthdays
  • age
  • age group
  • age limit
  • aged
  • babyboomer
  • gone
  • junior
  • millennial
  • nonagenarian
  • octogenarian
  • old
  • on the right/wrong side of40, 50, etc.idiom
  • ripe
  • senior
  • something
  • spring chicken
  • take years offsomeoneidiom
  • teens
  • this side ofsomethingidiom
  • twenty-first
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Groups of people

boomernoun[C](ANIMAL)

Australian English
alargemalekangaroo:
大雄袋鼠
In this Australianversion,FatherChristmasrideson asleighpulledby sixwhiteboomers.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Names for the male & female of animals
  • billy goat
  • bitch
  • boar
  • buck
  • bull
  • bullock
  • cob
  • cock
  • drake
  • drone
  • ewe
  • gelding
  • mare
  • nanny goat
  • sow
  • stag
  • stallion
  • steer
  • tigress
  • tom
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(Definition ofboomerfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
boomer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbuːm.ər//ˈbuːm.ɚ/

boomernoun[C](PERSON)

ababy-boomer
（尤指1945至1965年间英国和美国）生育高峰期出生的人（同 baby-boomer）

boomernoun[C](KANGAROO)

alargemalekangaroo
大雄袋鼠

boomer| American Dictionary

boomer
noun[C]
us
/ˈbu·mər/
ababyboomer
(Definition ofboomerfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

boomer| Business English

boomer
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbuːmər/us
US
→baby boomer
(Definition ofboomerfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofboomer

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This is especially true with 'baby boomers', which in their fifties, currently form a population bulge at the highest risk for breast cancer.
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He also alerts us to the dangers of affluent baby boomers using their political clout to get policy precedence.
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Will the movement of the baby boomers from savers to spending retirees lead to an asset price melt down?
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I'm aboomer... boomers don't get old, you know ?
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But what is clear is that there is little physical reason why boomers cannot be expected to push back the date of retirement.
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When the babyboomercohort starts entering old age, home ownership rates among older people are expected to continue to rise.
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While many boomers express a preference to continue working, will they be healthy enough to act on this expectation?
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In light of these concerns, baby boomers are driving the demand for food products generated by alternative agriculture practices.
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The population of aging, health-conscious consumers ('baby boomers') will also increase.
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But the impact of the baby boomers did not stop there.
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As the baby boomers age, funding contributions will be higher than they would have been under the entry-age normal cost method.
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Employers were able to let productive workers go because the influx of women and young baby boomers into the workforce created an ample supply of labor.
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The collected chapters paint a mixed and not entirely consistent picture of how boomers are doing now and, via projections, how they may end up in retirement.
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As the baby boomers now approach retirement, however, they will force the economy to adjust to the presence of a large older population within about a single generation.
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Moreover, demographics - especially the baby boomers - have loomed large in the ability and continued willingness of governments to continue funding retirement schemes for the general population.
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