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

• 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。
• The footage shows Irwin pulling the stingray's barb out of his chest before losing consciousness, Stainton says.
  斯塔特说，镜头显示欧文在丧失知觉前正在试图拔出魟鱼的刺。
• Adopting barb thread design to improve the tensile-and compression-strength and to prevent unscrewing of the casing;
  采用倒钩螺纹设计，提高了螺纹的抗拉和抗内外压能力，可防止套管倒扣松动；
• Jenny: Barb is doing so well. You know she is expecting in May.
  芭比一切都很顺利，她怀孕了在五月。
• The man known as the "crocodile hunter" was killed Monday in a freak accident when a stingray barb pierced his heart as he taped an underwater documentary.
  这位众所周知的「鳄鱼先生」周一在一场匪夷所思的意外中丧命，当时他正在录制一部水下纪录片，一只鱼的倒钩刺穿他的心脏。
• There's something I've gotta do, barb.
  有件事我一定要去做，芭芭拉。
• Likewise, a plumulaceous tuft of barbs evolved before the pennaceous feather with a rachis because the rachis is formed by the fusion of barb ridges.
  同样的，绒羽的羽枝簇比拥有羽轴的正羽更早演化出来，因为羽轴是由羽枝脊接合而成。
• Barb's cheerleading is interfering with her work.
  芭芭拉参加啦啦队影响到功课。
• I've given barb an F on that assignment.
  那次作业我不给芭芭拉及格。
• 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。