boomerang

英['buːməræŋ] 美['buːməræŋ]
  • n. 自食其果的行为；回飞镖
  • v. 自食其果
boomeranged boomeranged boomeranging boomerangs
  • boobery 愚人统称
  • booboisie 愚民大众,愚民阶级
  • booby n.傻瓜；饵雷；海鹅；乳房(儿语)
  • boodle n.贿赂金；(大笔)钱；一群人
  • boodler 受贿者

详细释义

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

双语例句

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。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自辞典例句

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

来自互联网

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.

来自互联网

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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    用作名词 (n.)
    1. No, gossip is cyclical and karmic, like a boomerang.
      不，流言是循环的，是有因果的，就像自食其果。
    2. The boomerang child phenomenon has become a social problem on a nationwide scale.
      啃老族现象已成为全国性的社会问题。
    3. He bought a boomerang made in France.
      他买了个法国制造的回飞棒。
    4. 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。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. If one of these children died, this whole plan is liable to boomerang on us.
      如果孩子们中有一个死了,这整个计划可能使我们反受其害。
    2. His attempt to discredit his opponent boomeranged (on him) when he was charged with libel.
      他企图败坏对手名声反而自食其果，被控以诽谤罪。

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