boom town

noun

1. （由于发展贸易和工业而）发达的城市
   a town that has become rich and successful because trade and industry has developed there

1. N-COUNT （通常由于工业或商业的发展而迅速形成的）新兴城市，发达城市
   A boom town is a town which has rapidly become very rich and full of people, usually because industry or business has developed there.
   1. Brisbane has become the boom town for Australian film and television.
      布里斯班由于澳大利亚电影和电视业的发展而迅速变成了一个繁荣的都市。

1. Cape Coral was a boom town a few years ago, buoyed by a huge upturn in house-building.
   几年前，由于住房市场的带动，CapeCoral还是一个充满生机的城镇。
2. In 2011, the minimum wage in the boom town, just across the border from Hong Kong, was increased 20 per cent.
   在2011年，这座与香港毗邻的繁荣城市将最低工资标准上调了20%。
3. Aberdeen became a boom town when oil was discovered in the North sea.
   如果北海发现石油，阿伯丁便可发展成为一个繁华的城市。
4. The mayor of Shenzhen yesterday bemoaned the fact that the southern boom town was plagued with traffic jams and pollution.
   中国南方新兴城市深圳市市长许宗衡上周抱怨称，深圳饱受交通拥堵和空气污染的困扰。
5. For a time towards the end of last season, Liverpool briefly looked English football's boom town once again.
   回到上赛季结束，利物浦这座城市似乎又换发第二春了。
6. Shantou is a boom town, it's a haven for the manufacturing industry.
   汕头是一个新兴城市，是制造业的港湾。
7. In recent years, with the boom of tourism in Zhouzhuang town, Zhouzhuang town has attracted more and more tourists, which quickens its development in tourism commerce.
   近年来，随着周庄旅游业快速发展，周庄古镇日益成为人们旅游的热门景点，周庄的旅游商业也得到飞速发展。

noun

1. a town enjoying sudden prosperity