boomerang

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n. 回飞镖, 飞去归来器

发音

UK /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/
其它 /ˈbuməɹeɪ̯ŋ/
US /ˈbuməɹæŋ/

词形变化

boomerangs 复数 boomerangs boomeranged boomeranging boomerangs 三单 boomeranging 现在分词 boomeranged 过去式 boomeranged 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

飞去来器；自食其果的行为；回飞棒

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of various traditional throwing sticks used for hunting or combat by Australian aborigines, including the symmetrical, crescent-shaped, type (the returning boomerang).

  2. 2.

    A flat curved airfoil that spins about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flight, originally used in various parts of the world as a hunting weapon or, in returnable types, for sports or training.

    回飞棒

    回旋镖

    飞去来器

    飞镖

    回力镖

    飞旋镖

    1961, Charlie Drake, song, My Boomerang Won't Come Back, "Don't worry, boy, I know the trick, / And to you I'm gonna show it. / If you want your boomerang to come back, / Well first you've got to... throw it."

  3. 3.

    A breakdancing move in which the performer walks on their hands while keeping the legs raised off the ground.

  4. 4.

    A boomerang kick.

    体育 游戏
  5. 5.

    A device for changing the color of a followspot.

    艺术
  6. 6.

    The early return of an aircraft whose mission was aborted, often due to technical failures.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang.

  7. 7.

    A cocktail made with rye whiskey and Swedish punsch.

v.
  1. 1.

    To return or rebound unexpectedly, especially when the result is undesired; to backfire.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To travel in a curved path.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To abort a mission and return to base early.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:boomerang.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

backfire throwing stick throwstick

上位词 5

missile projectile miscalculation misestimation misreckoning

下位词 2

kylie kiley
动词

上位词 1

return

相关短语

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词源

Origin uncertain. Possibly from Thurawal. Long regarded as from the Sydney language, but early evidence unclear. The form boo-mer-it is glossed, c.1790, as 'scimeter' (i.e., scimitar) and the word bumarang, bumarañ is not explicitly recorded in the Sydney Language until 1903.

来源：wiktionary