boomerang
英 [ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ]
美 [ˈbuː.mə.ræŋ]
boomerang 回力镖来自澳大利亚土著语。现主要用于短语boomerang kid, 啃老族。
- boomerang (n.)
- 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal languages of New South Wales, Australia. Another variant, perhaps, was wo-mur-rang (1798).
- boomerang (v.)
- 1880, from boomerang (n.).
- 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。
- 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.
- 3. Boomerang Nebula - the coolest place in the Universe?
- 宇宙中最冷的地方?
- 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.
- 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.