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

• Barb's cheerleading is interfering with her work.
  芭芭拉参加啦啦队影响到功课。
• Barb, our stock guru.
  芭比是我们的股票大师。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The barb of his wit made us wince.
  他那锋芒毕露的机智使我们退避三舍。
• Sometimes nail barb phenomenon occurs, it is because there are cracks in the cuticle caused.
  有时钉倒刺的现象发生，这是因为在角质层裂缝造成的。
• The impact likely killed the woman, but it was not immediately clear if she had any puncture wounds from the ray's barb, Pino said.
  飞鱼强大的冲击力似乎是造成妇女死亡的直接原因，但该妇女是否受到了刺鳐毒刺的攻击尚不清楚。
• But please, just call me Barb.
  但是请叫我Barb就好了。
• But by the look of the past few years, that barb may have lost its sting.
  但从过去几年的情况看，这种讥讽或许已经失去了锋芒。