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
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.- 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。
- The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.
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
- his parting shot was `drop dead'
- she threw shafts of sarcasm
- she takes a dig at me every chance she gets
verb
- provide with barbs
- 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。