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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
  镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；