boomlet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small period of rapid growth.
    — This is the twentysomething generation, those 48 million young Americans ages 18 through 29 who fall between the famous baby boomers and the boomlet of children the baby boomers are producing.

词形变化

boomlets plural

词源

Etymology tree
English boom
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin -ellus
Old French -el
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tosder.?
Late Latin -ittus
Old French -et
Old French -eletbor.
Middle English -let
English -let
English boomlet
From boom + -let.
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