- 基礎釋義
- 例句
- 柯林斯詞典釋義
- 英漢詞典釋義
- 英英詞典釋義
- 行業詞典釋義
boomerang
英[?bu:m?r??]
美[?bum??r??]
例句
柯林斯高階英漢雙解學習詞典釋義
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N-COUNT
飛去來器,回力鏢(澳大利亞土著人最先使用)
A boomerang is 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.
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VERB
(計劃)起反作用,使自食其果
If a plan boomerangs, its result is not the one that was intended and is harmful to the person who made the plan.
例句
The trick boomeranged, though...
然而這個花招竟害了自己。
He risks defeat in the referendum which he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.
他冒著失敗的危險進行他所謂的“公投”,但這恐怕會反過來對他不利。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
(澳大利亞)回飛鏢
The visitor can ponder over the boomerangs used by aborigines at the time of Cook.
來訪者可以琢磨琢磨土著人在庫克時期用的回飛鏢。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a curved piece of wood; when properly thrown will return to thrower
2. a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Verb
1. return to the initial position from where it came; like a boomerang
行業詞典