单词 | boom town |
释义 | boom town From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Industry Businessboom townˈboom town noun [countable]BTIa town or city that suddenly becomes very successful because there is a lot of new industryExamples from the Corpusboom town• The oil price hike in 1973 turned Nabru into a boom town.• For Sharm el Sheikh is a boom town.• This port, founded as late as 1 130, very quickly came to enjoy all the characteristics of a boom town.• And really it was a boom town.• As a kid it had always struck me that it was like some western boom town. |
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