barb

英 [bɑːb]

美 [bɑːrb]

n.  (箭、钩的)倒钩，倒刺; 挖苦(或伤人、带刺)的话

复数：barbs　

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BNC.17283 / COCA.16454

牛津词典

noun

• （箭、钩的）倒钩，倒刺
  the point of an arrow or a hook that is curved backwards to make it difficult to pull out
• 挖苦（或伤人、带刺）的话
  a remark that is meant to hurt sb's feelings

柯林斯词典

• （箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺
  Abarbis a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
• N-COUNT 带刺的话；尖刻的话
  Abarbis an unkind remark meant as a criticism of someone or something.
  1. The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.
     如他所愿，这句带刺的话刺痛了她。

英英释义

noun

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather
• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
• the pointed part of barbed wire
• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
  1. his parting shot was `drop dead'
  2. she threw shafts of sarcasm
  3. she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
  Synonym:shotshaftslamdigjibegibe

verb

• provide with barbs
  1. barbed wire

双语例句

• The barb of his wit made us wince.
  他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• I've given barb an F on that assignment.
  那次作业我不给芭芭拉及格。
• A plurality of side barbs are distributed around the central main barb, with every fishing line on every side barb threading a plastic branch pipe of an inside lining steel wire.
  在中心主钓周边分布有若干旁钩，旁钩上的鱼线穿套在内衬钢丝的塑料支管内，塑料支管的中部通过连接件固接在基座的下部；
• There's something I've gotta do, barb.
  有件事我一定要去做，芭芭拉。
• Surgeons removed a foot-long barb from his heart.
  外科医生正从他的心脏移出一英尺长的倒钩。
• I found it convenient to use a right angle reducing fitting, followed by a gray threaded pipe, and a gray hose barb that threads onto the gray pipe.
  我发现它方便使用直角减少拟合，其次是一个灰色螺纹管，和一个灰色软管烧烤认为线程上的灰色管道。
• Maybe, the barb used a battle cry like no other preventing his death.
  也许，当所有人都无法避免自己的死亡时，野蛮人使用了战斗狂啸。
• The renowned Australian naturalist Steve Irwin has died after being struck in the chest by a stingray barb.
  澳大利亚著名的自然主义者史蒂夫·欧文日前不幸去世，他是被一条刺鳐刺穿胸部而意外身亡的。
• They are known to occasionally jump out of the water but are not aggressive and use the venomous barb at the end of their tail as a defense mechanism.
  他们偶尔会跳出水面，但没有攻击性，他们还利用尾部的毒刺作为防卫武器。
• Recently, Barb presented me with an insurance policy they bought when I first moved in with them and had continued to pay on for23 years.
  最近，芭布给了我一份保险，那是我刚开始搬到他们家时他们给我买的，他们不间断地付了23年保险费。