boomerang是什么意思

双语例句

(1)He risks defeat in the referendum that he called, but which threatens to boomerang against him.

他冒着失败的风险呼吁全民投票，但这很可能会使他面临自作自受的危险。

(2)A hug is like a boomerang—you get it back right away as you throw it out.

拥抱就像回力镖——扔出去，你马上就会得回它。

(3)In this world, "if you take one action, it can boomerang and harm something else," says Hassner.

在这个世界上，“如果你采取一步行动，就可能反受其害，并因此伤及无辜，”哈斯内尔说道。

(4)The Boomerang Nebula's expansion creates a kind of cosmic refrigerator, allowing the gases to maintain their unusual cool.

回飞棒星云的膨胀创造了一种宇宙冰箱，使气体维持其异常的寒冷。

(5)I have no idea why a boomerang is attacking a plant or whether the magical hovering computer monitor is aiding in the attack or fleeing the scene.

我不知道为什么回力镖会攻击植物，也不知道神奇的悬停电脑显示器是在协助攻击还是逃离现场。

释义

n.

a curved flat piece of wood that can be thrown so as to return to the thrower, traditionally used by Australian Aboriginals as a hunting weapon

回镖，回力镖（尤指澳大利亚土著人用的传统狩猎武器）。

v.

(of a plan or action)recoil on the originator

（言行，计谋等）使人自食其果

misleading consumers about quality will eventually boomerang on a car-maker.

在质量问题上误导消费者的汽车制造商最终将自食其果。

词源

" early 19th cent.: from Dharuk．"