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barb

英[bɑːb] 美[bɑrb]
  • vt. 装倒钩于
  • n. 箭头鱼钩等的倒钩;伤人的话
  • n. (Barb)人名;(英)巴布;(法、罗)巴尔布;(匈)鲍尔布

英英释意


1. an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;
"his parting shot was `drop dead'"
"she threw shafts of sarcasm"
"she takes a dig at me every chance she gets"
2. the pointed part of barbed wire
3. a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
4. one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather