boomerang的意思

boomerang

英式音标['buməræŋ]
美式英标['buːməræŋ]

基本解释

n. 飞去来器；自食其果的行为；回飞棒

中文词源

boomerang 回力镖

来自澳大利亚土著语。现主要用于短语boomerang kid, 啃老族。

英文词源

boomerang (n.): 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal languages of New South Wales, Australia. Another variant, perhaps, was wo-mur-rang (1798).
boomerang (v.): 1880, from boomerang (n.).

实用例句

1. 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。

2. 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.

3. Boomerang Nebula - the coolest place in the Universe?: 宇宙中最冷的地方?

4. Next, I will talk about how the returning boomerang was developed.: 接下来, 我会谈到返回式回飞棒是怎么产生的.

5. Boomerang children are a growing social problem in some US communities.: 啃老族现象在美国有些地方逐渐成为了社会问题.

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