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 Damascus had a hand in this murder, as many Lebanese suspect, it had a boomerang effect on Lebanon's politics.
  如果大马士革真的如许多黎巴嫩人所怀疑的那样，在这起谋杀事件中插了一手，就会在黎巴嫩的政局中产生反噬效应。
• 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。
• 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。”
• TOKYO ( AFP)-In an unprecedented experiment, a Japanese astronaut has thrown a boomerang in space and confirmed it flies back much like on Earth.
  东京（法新社）-在一次前所未有的实验中，日本宇航员在太空中抛出一只回飞棒，结果证实它会和在地球上一样飞自动飞回来。
• He learns that buck-passing acts as a boomerang.
  他知道，推诿责任往往会自食其果。
• 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。
• Some become boomerang kids, only enjoy the life.
  有的干脆做起“啃老族”，只享受生活。
• 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。
• 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。