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

• 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。
• Some critics take pride in their prejudices, slinging vitriolic barbs at a specific actor or genre with relish.
  有些评论家在固执己见的同时还保持着一定的傲慢，挺不是滋味儿地向某个特定的演员或者电影流派亮出他们毒辣的锋芒。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was bullied in school; maye assured her son that she, too, got picked on as a child and that her twin sister often shielded her from classmates 'barbs.
  埃隆在学校经常被人欺负；梅耶鼓励儿子说，她小时候也经常被人捉弄，她的双胞胎姐姐会充当她的挡箭牌，抵挡同学的冷嘲热讽。
• 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。
• She slung barbs at me.
  她说了些讥刺我的话。
• 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。
• Strong wire with barbs at regular intervals used to prevent passage.
  每隔一段时间阻止通行的坚硬的金属丝。
• 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。