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。

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