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

• Likewise, a plumulaceous tuft of barbs evolved before the pennaceous feather with a rachis because the rachis is formed by the fusion of barb ridges.
  同样的，绒羽的羽枝簇比拥有羽轴的正羽更早演化出来，因为羽轴是由羽枝脊接合而成。
• Every northern winter, Japan faces barbs for sending awhaling fleet into Antarctic waters.
  每年北半球冬季时节，日本会因为向南极海域派遣捕鲸船而面临人们的嘲讽。
• 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。
• A cluster of hooks ( without barbs) that is drawn through a school of fish to hook their bodies; used when fish are not biting.
  用来插入鱼群的身体的一束鱼钩（没有倒钩）；用在鱼不咬钩时。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• I removed the barbs that had been imbedded in the leg and stopped the bleeding.
  我移走了已经在腿中被使插入而且停止了出血的倒钩。
• Gone were the usual barbs from female contestants aimed at the men attempting to win their affection.
  节目改版后，没有了之前女嘉宾对试图赢得她们好感的男嘉宾的那番犀利尖刻的评价。
• 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。