barb

英 [bɑːb] 美 [bɑːrb]

• n. 倒钩；刻薄的言语

英英释义

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"
   

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。

经典引文

• His loftie steed with..goodly gorgeous barbes.

  出自： Spenser

• The needlessly sharp censures with which he barbed the fine imposed upon an enclosing landlord.

  出自： fig.

词汇搭配

• barb radiator 芒刺式散热器...
• barb bolt 基础螺栓,棘螺栓...
• barb. (=barbitur...

近反义词

【近义词】

• gibe 嘲笑
• dig 挖
• point 观点
• hook 钩
• tip 小费
• spur 支脉
• spike 长钉
• spine 脊柱
• insult 侮辱
• taunt 辱骂
• cutting remark 尖刻的话
• sting 刺痛
• slam 砰地关上
• shaft 柄
• shot 注射
• jibe 嘲笑