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 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。
• The number of punches per second and the total number per unit area; the speed of movement of the web through the machine; and the size of the needles and the number and arrangement of the barbs on the needles.
  每秒针刺的次数、纤维网在机器上的移动速度、针的粗细及倒刺在针上的排列方式。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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；
• I tried to ignore their barbs about my new jacket.
  我不想理睬他们对我的新外套发表的冷言冷语。
• Barbed wire: Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
  （复丝中的）单丝，单纤维有刺铁丝：在一定间隔有刺的绞丝网。
• 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。