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

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。

noun

verb

The trick boomeranged, though
然而这个花招竟害了自己。
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。
This week's special at Boomerang!
本周的特别在回旋镖！
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。
Your penis is shaped like a boomerang.
小弟弟外形像个回力棒。
Boomerang nebula-the coolest place in the universe?
宇宙中最冷的地方？
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。
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。
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。