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boomer

/boo-mer/US // ˈbu mər //UK // (ˈbuːmə) //

夸张的人,夸夸其谈的人,夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈者

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that booms.
    • : a person who settles in areas or towns that are booming.
    • : Informal. baby boomer.
    • : Informal. a wandering or migratory worker; hobo.
    • : a period of sudden and decisive economic growth: July was a boomer for the retail trade.
    • : Informal. a person, fad, etc., that enjoys a brief popularity or financial success: A new group of boomers made this season's hit record.
    • : an enthusiastic supporter; booster: The boomers tell us our town can double its size.
    • : Australian. a fully grown male kangaroo, especially a large one.

Examples

  • Even before the pandemic, the staffing company Adecco estimated that as many as 31 million jobs would be left open by retiring baby boomers.

  • Although the story about how younger generations have no use for their boomer parents’ stuff has been well-documented, my lack of progress has nothing to do with dining room tables with seating for 12 or display cabinets.

  • I can’t imagine baby boomer parents getting much out of it, and that’s fine.

  • In 2020, the pandemic made some boomers think of retiring earlier, reducing their wine purchases and drinking from their cellars, the report said.

  • Baby boomers and Gen Xers, the most likely theatrical holdouts, are now committed binge-aholics.

  • Still4Hill, who described her age as “baby boomer,” said it was the 2008 campaign that sparked her devotion.

  • After hometown favorite Boomer Banks is crowned Mr. International Escort 2014, BPM clears out.

  • Technically, Ramis was not a Baby Boomer, having been born in 1944.

  • We are two Democrats, one of us a baby boomer and the other a millennial.

  • His views mirrored theirs, but they were purer, less Boomer-indulgent.

  • Whether he is or whether he is not a wine boomer would not ordinarily be a query of agitating importance.

  • Holding the light over his head he peered forth into the inky darkness surrounding the boomer's temporary camp.

  • "Something is wrong around here, Jack," he continued, and told the boomer of what had happened up at the Devil's Chimney.

  • Listening with strained ears, the boomer heard the deadly thing sliding slowly from rock to rock, coming closer at every movement.

  • Both Pawnee Brown and Dick did as requested, and the cowboy boomer began to haul in with all the strength at his command.