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
- 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。 - This week's special at Boomerang!
本周的特别在回旋镖! - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。” - He learns that buck-passing acts as a boomerang.
他知道,推诿责任往往会自食其果。 - 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。 - 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!