单词 | population explosion |
释义 | > as lemmaspopulation explosion population explosion n. a rapid or sudden marked increase in the size of a population. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > [noun] > childbirth or delivery > population explosion baby boom1879 bulge1930 population explosion1946 baby boomlet1963 echo boom1975 1946 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 22 Dec. 4/5 One is what he [sc. Eugene Staley of the Institute of Pacific Relations] calls the danger of a ‘population explosion’. He is not talking the old ‘yellow peril’ phobia of 40 years ago. He is talking about keeping birth and death rates fairly close together. 1990 E. Harth Dawn of Millennium (1991) 4 The triple threats of population explosion, environmental decay, and annihilation by nuclear conflict. < as lemmas |
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