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

• 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。
• Grasping the buckle, he cinched it one notch tighter, wincing as the barbs dug deeper into his flesh.
  他抓住扣环，又缩紧了一扣。当倒钩刺扎得更深时，他的肌肉本能地收缩着。
• Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
  镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• When triggered, these cells eject poison-tipped barbs that help the jellyfish catch food in the ocean.
  当受到触发时，这些细胞喷射出有助于海蜇在海洋中捕捉食物的有毒倒钩。