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

• She slung barbs at me.
  她说了些讥刺我的话。
• Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
  镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Barbs has it, like a Bee!
  有倒刺，又象只蜜蜂！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。