英语词汇boomerang的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	boomerang
词源	boomerang. Boomerang is another loan word from Austral- ia’s aboriginals (like kangaroo, dingo, koala, and wombat). Cap- tain Cook noticed the native weapon on his voyages to Australia but did not record its name, which is first mentioned in 1798 in an account of aboriginal weapons.
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