boomerang

英 [ˈbuːməræŋ]

美 [ˈbuːməræŋ]

n.  回力镖，飞去来器(澳大利亚土著人最先用于狩猎)
v.  害人反害己; 自食其果

复数：boomerangs　现在分词：boomeranging　过去式：boomeranged　第三人称单数：boomerangs　过去分词：boomeranged　

BNC.36655 / COCA.23526

牛津词典

noun

• 回力镖，飞去来器（澳大利亚土著人最先用于狩猎）
  a curved flat piece of wood that you throw and that can fly in a circle and come back to you. Boomerangs were first used by Australian Aborigines as weapons when they were hunting.

verb

• 害人反害己；自食其果
  if a plan boomerangs on sb, it hurts them instead of the person it was intended to hurt

柯林斯词典

• 飞去来器，回力镖（澳大利亚土著人最先使用）
  Aboomerangis a curved piece of wood which comes back to you if you throw it in the correct way. Boomerangs were first used by the people who were living in Australia when Europeans arrived there.
• VERB （计划）起反作用，使自食其果
  If a planboomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan.
  1. The trick boomeranged, though...
     然而这个花招竟害了自己。
  2. He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
     他冒着失败的危险进行他所谓的“公投”，但这恐怕会反过来对他不利。

英英释义

noun

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
  Synonym:backfire
• a curved piece of wood
  Synonym:throwing stickthrow stick

verb

• return to the initial position from where it came

双语例句

• If one of these children died, this whole plan is liable to boomerang on us.
  如果孩子们中有一个死了，这整个计画可能使我们反受其害。
• So after the Rook said: "Luke, I would like to challenge you Boomerang."
  使完后，对鲁克说：“鲁克，我要挑战你回旋镖。”
• The boomerang's popularity as a souvenir helped transform it into a national symbol and it has branded a range of products from brandy, to butter, cigarette papers and flour as distinctly Australian.
  作为炙手可热的纪念品，回旋镖摇身一变成为澳大利亚的国家标志，并相继出现在一系列产品的商标上，包括白兰地、黄油、香烟壳和面粉，从而成为澳大利亚特色产品的标志。
• He bought a boomerang made in France.
  他买了个法国制造的回飞棒。
• An Australian boomerang; one side flat and the other convex.
  一种澳大利亚的飞去来器；一端平，一端弯曲。
• Boomerang: Curved throwing stick used chiefly by the aborigines of Australia for hunting and warfare.
  飞标：弯曲形投掷尖刺武器。澳大利亚原住民多在狩猎及战争中使用之。
• He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
  他冒着失败的危险进行他所谓的“公投”，但这恐怕会反过来对他不利。
• He learns that buck-passing acts as a boomerang.
  他知道，推诿责任往往会自食其果。
• They hunt game with spears or a curved wooden boomerang.
  他们用长矛或木制曲形飞镖猎取野味。
• From Australia, English took the words nugget, boomerang and walkabout-and in fact the whole concept of chain pubs.
  英国人从澳洲拿来了炸鸡块、飞去来器和徒步旅行实际上是连锁酒吧的整体概念。