英语词汇baby boom的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	baby boom
词源	baby boom. According to New York Times columnist Wil- liam Safire, baby boom, the sharp increase in the birth rate after World War II, hasn’t been traced back further than 1953, when it appeared in a report to President Truman by the Commis- sioner on Immigration and Naturalization. Attorney Harry Rosenfield wrote the report, but he doesn’t claim to have coined the expression. See boomer.
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