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

• There are two or more adjustment parts on the upper part of the filter pole while there are two or more sets of sawtooth-shaped barbs on the lower part of the pre-built-in part.
  滤杆的上部有两个或两个以上调节件，预埋件的下部有两组或两组以上的锯齿形倒钩。
• While exchanging barbs publicly, Mr Icahn and the Yahoo board had been talking privately for some time, according to a person close to Yahoo.
  据一位熟悉雅虎的人士称，尽管双方公开攻击对方，但伊卡恩和雅虎董事会私下谈判已有一段时间。
• 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。
• 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。
• Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
  镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。