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

• The boomerang kid phenomenon has become a social problem on a nationwide scale.
  啃老族现象已成为全国性的社会问题。
• 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。
• Your penis is shaped like a boomerang.
  小弟弟外形像个回力棒。
• 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。
• I can use it like a boomerang to keep him in line.
  到时候，我就可以像丢回力镖一样打他。
• We remind you that every negative feeling you hold toward another has a boomerang effect.
  我们提醒你，每一个你对他人所抱持的负面感觉，都有回力棒的效果。
• Some become boomerang kids, only enjoy the life.
  有的干脆做起“啃老族”，只享受生活。
• 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。
• The boomerang child returned home to live with his parents after graduating from the university.
  这个啃老族在大学毕业之后，回到家中与父母住在一起。
• 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！