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。
• But please, just call me Barb.
  但是请叫我Barb就好了。
• 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；
• 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。
• I haven't heard any recent comparisons but for a while he was edging out the wizard and barb for damage done.
  在最近这段时间我没有听到过这方面比较的信息，但是至少在一段时期内，巫医的法伤是比巫师要高的。
• Day dreaming again, Barb? You'll never amount to anything if you spend your time that way.
  又在做白日梦了，巴布？如果你总是那样花费你的时间，你将一事无成。
• To pierce or gore with or as if with a hook. Usually the distance from needlepoint to the first barb is in counterpart with the distance between barbs. The beyond of different distance between barbs is indicated by each letter.
  通常针尖至第一钩刺的距离是与钩刺间距相对应，每个字母表示以上不同的钩刺间距。
• Barb used to have a lot of friends in new york.
  巴布过去在纽约有很多朋友。
• 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。
• Barb's cheerleading is interfering with her work.
  芭芭拉参加啦啦队影响到功课。