Word · Frequency #17283
barb
倒钩；倒刺
a sharp point or spike that curves backward, as on an arrow, fishhook, or barbed wire, making it hard to remove
指箭头、鱼钩、铁丝网上的倒刺。
- 1.
The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else.
箭头、鱼钩等上向后伸出的尖端,用于防止轻易拔出。因此:任何以锐利的角度或横向突出于其他物体的东西。
- 2.
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
巴巴里马,一种由摩尔人从巴巴里引入西班牙的优良马种。
- 3.
Armor for a horse.
马的盔甲。
- 4.
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
挖苦的话；带刺的话
- 5.
A hurtful or disparaging remark.
伤人的或贬低的言辞。
- 6.
A blackish or dun variety of pigeon, originally brought from Barbary.
一种黑色或棕褐色的鸽子品种,最初从巴巴里引进。
- 7.
the pointed part of barbed wire
倒钩；尖刺(铁丝网上的)
- 8.
A beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it.
胡须,或类似胡须的东西,或生长在胡须位置的东西。
- 9.
a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove
倒刺；倒钩(箭或矛上的)
- 10.
One of the many side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane.
羽毛的许多侧枝,合起来构成羽片。
- 11.
Any of various species of freshwater carp-like fish that have barbels and belong to the cyprinid family.
各种淡水鲤鱼类鱼种,具有触须,属于鲤科。
- 12.
A hair or bristle ending in a double hook.
末端有双钩的毛或刚毛。
- 13.
Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen.
马和牛舌下颌下腺开口处的粘膜小突起,通常在发炎和肿胀时称为barbs。
- 14.
A plastic fastener, shaped roughly like a capital I (with serifs), used to attach socks etc. to their packaging.
一种大致呈大写字母I形(带衬线)的塑料扣,用于将袜子等固定在包装上。
挖苦的话；带刺的话；羽支；羽枝；鲃鱼；鲃属鱼；双钩毛；倒刺毛；胡须；髯
In use
The fishhook's barb made it difficult to remove from the net.
He carefully filed down the barb on the arrowhead before hunting.
The wire fence was topped with sharp barbs to keep intruders out.
Connections
Collocations
- barb of an arrow
- 箭的倒钩
- The barb of the arrow made it difficult to remove.箭的倒钩使它很难拔出。
- verbal barb
- 言语上的挖苦
- She couldn't resist a verbal barb at his expense.她忍不住说了一句挖苦他的话。
- feather barbs
- 羽毛的羽支
- The feather barbs interlock to form a smooth vane.羽毛的羽支相互扣合，形成平滑的羽片。
Idioms & figurative uses
- exchange barbs
- 互相讥讽；交换尖刻的话The two politicians exchanged barbs during the live debate.两位政治家在直播辩论中互相讥讽。
- shoot barbs at
- 尖刻地批评；向…放冷箭She shot barbs at her opponent's proposal.她对对手的提案进行了尖刻的批评。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
鱼钩上向后弯的倒刺(barb)，扎手难拔，正如一句带刺的话扎心。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：fishing equipment、archery equipment、barbed wire fencing 这里指鱼钩或箭头等器具上的倒刺，也可泛指尖锐的倒钩。此类用法多用于钓鱼、射箭、防护设施等具体场景，语体为中性，口语和书面语中均较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 barb（/bɑːrb/）押韵的词以 /ɑːrb/ 结尾：garb、carb。注意拼写相似但发音不同的词：bar 和 barn 的元音同为 /ɑː/，但分别以 /r/ 和 /rn/ 结尾；barber 虽以 barb 开头，但多一个音节；rhubarb 虽以 barb 结尾，但重音在第一个音节。因此这些都不与 barb 押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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