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

• 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。
• As the e-commerce company expands further into financial services, Mr. Ma has traded barbs with some of China's big banks.
  随着这家电子商务公司进一步涉足金融服务业，马云和中国国内一些大银行打起了嘴仗。
• She slung barbs at me.
  她说了些讥刺我的话。
• His supporters loved him, but beware if you were on the receiving end of his pointed barbs.
  他的拥护者们爱戴他，但是要当心你是否会成为他尖锐攻击的靶子。
• Colonel Qaddafi, who immediately followed Mr. Obama and whose speech contained no shortage of barbs against the United States without naming it directly, also heaped praise on the idea that the United States had elected a "son of Africa" as president.
  卡扎菲紧随奥巴马之后发表演说。虽然，演说中也包含很多针对美国的刻薄言论，但他并没有直接抨击，而且还对美国选出一名非洲的儿子为总统大加赞赏。
• 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。
• Barbs has it, like a Bee!
  有倒刺，又象只蜜蜂！
• What sets the Onion apart, however, is that Mr Obama has not blunted its barbs at all.
  让洋葱于众不同的是，奥巴马没有挫掉它的锐气。
• Congress and the White House even traded barbs this week over the State Children's Health Insurance Programme ( SCHIP), a popular scheme that subsidises coverage for children.
  在本周，国会和白宫甚至因国家儿童健康保险项目而相互对骂。国家儿童健康保险项目是目前盛行的一种方案，旨在为儿童提供保险补贴。
• I even expected the ballot box to be wrapped in barbed wire, with blood dripping from some of the barbs.
  我甚至能看到裹着钢丝网的投票箱，血液正从倒钩上一滴滴落下来。