boomerang
US: /ˈbumɝˌæŋ/
UK: /bˈuːməɹˌæŋ/
UK: /bˈuːməɹˌæŋ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
boomerang /'bu:məræɳ/
- danh từ
- vũ khí bumơrang (của thổ dân Uc ném ra bay tới đích rồi quay về chỗ người ném)
- (nghĩa bóng) đòn bật lại, đòn gậy ông đập lưng ông
- nội động từ
- phóng ra rồi lại quay về chỗ cũ (như vũ khí bumơrang)
- (nghĩa bóng) gậy ông đập lưng ông
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
a 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: (figurative) The plan had a boomerang effect (= caused unexpected harm to the person responsible for it).
+ verb [V] if a plan boomerangs on sb, it hurts them instead of the person it was intended to hurt
Synonym: BACKFIRE
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
rebound, recoil, backfire, miscarry, redound:
His plan boomeranged.
