tiger economy

短语

小龙经济体(尤指新加坡或韩国等较小的东亚国家或地区飞跃的经济)

词形变化

tiger economies 复数 tiger economies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A place enjoying very fast economic growth.

    As the levels of education improved, many South East Asian countries became tiger economies.

词源

Originally in reference to the "Four Asian Tigers" (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore), from the importance of the tiger in Asian symbolism.

来源:wiktionary