barbs

英 [bɑːbz]

美 [bɑrbz]

n.  (箭、钩的)倒钩，倒刺; 挖苦(或伤人、带刺)的话
barb的复数

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。

双语例句

• While exchanging barbs publicly, Mr Icahn and the Yahoo board had been talking privately for some time, according to a person close to Yahoo.
  据一位熟悉雅虎的人士称，尽管双方公开攻击对方，但伊卡恩和雅虎董事会私下谈判已有一段时间。
• He tried to offer an explanation, but I just started in on a litany of nasty barbs.
  他想解释，可我又说了一连串难听的话刺他。
• Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage.
  每隔一段时间阻止通行的坚硬的金属丝。
• Barbed wire: Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
  （复丝中的）单丝，单纤维有刺铁丝：在一定间隔有刺的绞丝网。
• Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
  镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
• There are two or more adjustment parts on the upper part of the filter pole while there are two or more sets of sawtooth-shaped barbs on the lower part of the pre-built-in part.
  滤杆的上部有两个或两个以上调节件，预埋件的下部有两组或两组以上的锯齿形倒钩。
• I tried to ignore their barbs about my new jacket.
  我不想理睬他们对我的新外套发表的冷言冷语。
• 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；
• Grasping the buckle, he cinched it one notch tighter, wincing as the barbs dug deeper into his flesh.
  他抓住扣环，又缩紧了一扣。当倒钩刺扎得更深时，他的肌肉本能地收缩着。
• As the story unfolds, Monty finds himself returning again and again to trade barbs with Dice Campbell's hard-drinking wife, Mavis, whose motives are not as clear as they initially seem to be.
  随着故事慢慢展开，蒙蒂不得不一次又一次去和戴斯·坎贝尔难缠的妻子梅薇斯打交道，而梅薇斯的动机和最初相比，也越来越不明了。