boomer

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbuːmə/    美 /ˈbumɚ/|/ˈbʉːmə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that makes a booming sound.
    — That's when the Rev let loose one of those great big boomers of a laugh. It was so loud in the closed space, the effect was what Wes imagined it felt like to hear a bullet fired in a car.
  2. A baby boomer. informal
    — Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.
  3. A device used to bind or tighten chain.
  4. An elderly person, regardless of generation. broadly,derogatory,slang,sometimes
    — I'm going to be a boomer by the time this thing is over.
  5. A nuclear ballistic missile submarine, SSBN. US,slang
    — Distant contact, probably submerged. It's a wild guess, but I'd say we hit a boomer coming out of the barn. Could be a missile boat out of Polijarny.
  6. A person who is too old to be familiar with the use of recent technology. broadly,derogatory,slang,sometimes
    — I'm such a boomer; I have no idea how to use this phone.
  7. A Eurasian bittern (subfamily Botaurinae spp.). UK
  8. An adult male kangaroo.
  9. A red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Appalachia
  10. A sewellel (Aplodontia rufa).
  11. A player who prioritises economic development and securing resources (and therefore future production) over offence or defence.
    — you and i both know that there are some boomers out there who'll consistently hit bronze @ 16ish and assuming they have protected themselves correctly, are some tough players.
  12. Alternative letter-case form of Boomer (“Oklahoma settler”). US,alt-of,historical
  13. A transient worker who would move from boom town to boom town in search of temporary work. US
  14. A techno-optimist, in particular concerning artificial intelligence.
    — The doomers and the boomers are consumed by intramural fights, but from a distance they can look like two offshoots of the same tribe: people who are convinced that A.I. is the only thing worth paying attention to.

词形变化

boomers plural boomers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
thunderboomer boomercide boomerish boomerism boomeritis boomer remover boomer shooter boomersplain echo boomer grandboomer OK, boomer postboomer

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English boom
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English boomer
From boom + -er.
词源 2
Ellipsis of baby boomer.
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