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

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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
The trick boomeranged, though
然而这个花招竟害了自己。
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。
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 week's special at Boomerang!
本周的特别在回旋镖！
He bought a boomerang made in France.
他买了个法国制造的回飞棒。