| 词源 |
boomerang n."missile weapon used by Australian aborigines," 1827, adapted from an extinct Aboriginal languages of New South Wales, Australia. Another variant, perhaps, was wo-mur-rang (1798). boomerang v. 1880, "throw a boomerang," from boomerang (n.). The figurative sense of "fly back to the starting point" is from 1900. updated on October 21, 2022 |