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barb.

英[bɑːb] 美[bɑːrb]
  • n.倒钩;刻薄的言语
barbed barbed barbing barbs

详细释义

Noun:
  1. 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"

  2. the pointed part of barbed wire

  3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

  4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

Verb:
  1. provide with barbs;

    "barbed wire"

双语例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Surgeons removed a foot-long barb from his heart.
      外科医生正从他的心脏移出一英尺长的倒钩。
    2. 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.
    3. And with that last barb, Harry's slowly unravelling grip on his temper gave way.
      他一直听到最后那句挖苦话,结果先前的忍耐终于失去控制了。

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