释义 |
woomerang Austral.|ˈwuːməræŋ| Also wom-. [Native name (wo-mur-rāng in D. Collins N.S. Wales, 1798, I. 613).] A missile club used by Australian aboriginals. = throwing-stick b.
1849J. C. Prichard Ethnol. in Man. Sci. Enquiry 433 The ancient Gauls were known by their gæsa or javelins... The Australians by their woomerangs or throwing-sticks. 1864J. Rogers New Rush ii. 46 Next—high in air the womerang-spear he flings. |