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。
• The Macao and Hong Kong governments are bracing themselves for the fallout, illustrating how quickly a crisis on Wall Street can affect a Las Vegas Casino company, then boomerang to cities on the other side of the world.
  澳门和香港政府正为附带后果做准备，这说明华尔街危机会如何迅速影响一家拉斯维加斯博彩公司，进而波及到世界另一端的城市。
• What a boomerang that proved! By return of post came the news that John had won a scholarship.
  真是适得其反！她收到的回信带来了约翰获得奖学金的消息。
• However, the physical education exercises are freely Boomerang, which is the side for Luke.
  不过，这次体育课是自由练习回旋镖，这对于鲁克来说就是小菜。
• Wow, look, a boomerang, right in the middle of the South China Sea!
  快看，一只大型回力棒，就躺在我国南海海中央！
• 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。”
• I will not ask my master to play fetch with a boomerang.
  我不会要求主人去跟飞去来器玩。
• When Apocalypse Weekend was released as the add-on for Postal 2, it added the new Boomerang Machete, Sledgehammer, and Scythe.
  当启示周末是发表当做那数据片为邮政的2，它附加的那新回飞棒弯刀，大槌，和长柄的大镰刀。
• 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。
• 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。