单词 | population explosion |
释义 | population explosionSEE SYNONYMS FOR population explosion ON THESAURUS.COM nounthe rapid increase in numbers of a particular species, especially in the world's human population since the end of World War II, attributed to an accelerating birthrate, a decrease in infant mortality, and an increase in life expectancy. Origin of population explosionAn Americanism dating back to 1950–55 Words nearby population explosionpopular sovereignty, popular vote, populate, population, population control, population explosion, population genetics, population inversion, population parameter, population pressure, population pyramid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for population explosionpopulation explosion nouna rapid increase in the size of a population caused by such factors as a sudden decline in infant mortality or an increase in life expectancy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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