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.- The trick boomeranged, though...
然而这个花招竟害了自己。 - 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。
- The trick boomeranged, though...
英英释义
noun
- a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- a curved piece of wood
verb
- return to the initial position from where it came
双语例句
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。” - This is the boomerang generation, and where most of them will be heading is straight back to their childhood bedrooms.
这是飞去来器的一代,他们中的多数人出校园后将径直回到他们儿时的卧室。 - 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。 - 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! - 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。 - Boomerang nebula-the coolest place in the universe?
宇宙中最冷的地方?