barb of an arrow
collocation箭的倒钩
The barb of the arrow made it difficult to remove.
箭的倒钩使它很难拔出。
倒钩；倒刺
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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
The fishhook's barb made it difficult to remove from the net.
鱼钩上的倒刺使它难以从网中取出。
指箭头、鱼钩、铁丝网上的倒刺。
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。
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.
巴巴里马,一种由摩尔人从巴巴里引入西班牙的优良马种。
The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors.
马的盔甲。
Armor for a horse.
挖苦的话；带刺的话
an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
He carefully filed down the barb on the arrowhead before hunting.
狩猎前，他小心地把箭头上的倒钩锉平。
The wire fence was topped with sharp barbs to keep intruders out.
铁丝网顶部装有锋利的倒刺，以防闯入者进入。
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箭的倒钩
The barb of the arrow made it difficult to remove.
箭的倒钩使它很难拔出。
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。
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。
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。
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。
恶语相向；抛出伤人的话
The critics hurled barbs at the director's latest film.
评论家们对导演的最新电影恶语相向。
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鱼钩上向后弯的倒刺(barb)，扎手难拔，正如一句带刺的话扎心。
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。
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。
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