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

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。
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。
He learns that buck-passing acts as a boomerang.
他知道，推诿责任往往会自食其果。
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。”
The trick boomeranged, though
然而这个花招竟害了自己。
Your penis is shaped like a boomerang.
小弟弟外形像个回力棒。
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。
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。
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。
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！