| 釋義 |
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) 曲形硬木飛鑲 (此種飛鎳若未擊中目標，即返回投擲者原處); (喻) 損及原倡議人之辯論或提案。 |