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　

TOEFLGRE

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

• Toxic Effects of Nonylphenol on Rosy Barb and the Gill Cell Line of Flounder
  壬基酚对玫瑰无须？及牙鲆鳃细胞系的毒性效应
• 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。
• Barb's cheerleading is interfering with her work.
  芭芭拉参加啦啦队影响到功课。
• 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；
• A fish hook has a barb to prevent the fish from escaping after being hooked.
  鱼钩上都有一个倒钩以防上了钩的鱼逃走。
• I've given barb an F on that assignment.
  那次作业我不给芭芭拉及格。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。