boomerang
noun /ˈbuːməræŋ/
/ˈbuːməræŋ/
- enlarge imagea curved flat piece of wood that you throw and that can fly in a circle and come back to you. Boomerangs were first used by Australian Aborigines as weapons when they were hunting.
回力镖，飞去来器（澳大利亚土著人最先用于狩猎） - (figurative) The plan had a boomerang effect (= caused unexpected harm to the person responsible for it).
该计划产生了反效果。
词源early 19th cent.: from Dharuk. - (figurative) The plan had a boomerang effect (= caused unexpected harm to the person responsible for it).
