baby boomer

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person born in the postwar years, generally considered in the United States and other Allied countries as between 1946 and the early 1960s. Canada,US,capitalized,sometimes
    — The baby boomers, Americans born between 1946 and 1961, are increasingly discovering that the cohorts with whom they crowded into maternity wards, elementary schools, colleges and entry-level jobs are now clogging the fast track to the top as well, demographers say.

词形变化

baby boomers plural baby-boomer alternative babyboomer alternative Baby Boomer alternative

词源

From baby + boomer or baby boom + -er, when there was a marked increase in birthrates throughout the Western world following the return of servicemen at the end of World War II.
1 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary