单词 | boomerang |
释义 | boomerang /'bumaraeg; 'bums,rsey/ n curved stick of hard wood (used by Australian Aborigines), which can be thrown so that, if it fails to hit anything, it returns to the thrower; (fig) argument or proposal that comes back and harms its author. (澳洲土人所用的) 曲形硬木飞镶 (此种飞镍若未击中目标,即返回投掷者原处); (喻) 损及原倡议人之辩论或提案。 |
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