Word
boomtown
新兴城市
核心释义
a new or rapidly growing town
用法In use
The discovery of gold turned the small village into a boomtown almost overnight.
用法提示：『boomtown』为名词，指因经济繁荣而迅速发展的新兴城市。
She moved to a boomtown in search of better job opportunities.
用法提示：此处『boomtown』作名词，表示新兴城市。
A boomtown often struggles to build enough houses and roads for its new residents.
用法提示：『boomtown』是名词，指快速发展、人口激增的城市。
a/an [adjective] boomtown
boomtown 是可数名词，前面通常要有冠词或限定词。
The former gold-mining camp is now a thriving boomtown.
从前淘金者的营地现在成了一座繁荣的新兴城市。
become a boomtown
常用 become 来描述一个地方迅速发展成新兴城市。
The small river port became a boomtown after the railway arrived.
铁路开通后，这个小河港变成了一座新兴城市。
the boomtown + verb
作主语时谓语动词用单数或复数形式取决于谈论的是整个城镇还是其中的居民。
The boomtown attracted thousands of new residents in just a few years.
这座新兴城市在短短几年内吸引了成千上万的新居民。
常见错误Common mistakes
易错句子He lives in boomtown.正确表达He lives in a boomtown.
boomtown 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词。中文没有冠词，所以容易漏掉，这里应说 a boomtown 表示“一个新兴城市”。
易错句子The economy is in a boomtown.正确表达The economy is in a boom.
boomtown 指“新兴城市”，是具体的地点名词；表示经济快速增长时应使用 boom（或 booming）。这里混淆了“城市”与“繁荣”两个概念。
易错句子This is a boomtown city.正确表达This is a boomtown.
boomtown 本身就包含 town（城镇）的意思，再加 city 造成语义重复。去掉多余的 city 即可。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- oil boomtown
- 石油业新兴城市
- The oil boomtown grew almost overnight.这座石油业新兴城市几乎一夜之间发展起来。
- frontier boomtown
- 边疆新兴城镇
- The frontier boomtown attracted settlers seeking gold.这座边疆新兴城镇吸引了寻求黄金的定居者。
- boomtown economy
- 新兴城市经济
- The boomtown economy depended on a single resource.这座新兴城市的经济依赖单一资源。
- boomtown days
- 城市飞速发展的时期
- Many old buildings remain from the boomtown days.许多老建筑保留自城市飞速发展的时期。
- modern boomtown
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象一座小镇突然“爆”发式繁荣，boom是爆炸声，town即城镇，合起来就是迅速兴起的新城。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：城市发展报道、经济新闻、旅行指南 通常用来指因经济繁荣或资源开发而迅速发展的城镇，多出现在新闻报道和日常交流中，比较常见于中性或偏口语的语境。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
town, downtown, and uptown share the spelling ending -town and the /taʊn/ sound with boomtown. brown, crown, and clown also rhyme with boomtown through the same /aʊn/ sound, though they are spelled -own. Watch out for lookalikes: town is not tone /toʊn/, and brown/crown/clown do not rhyme with blown/grown /oʊn/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.