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

  1. （箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩，倒刺
    A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
    1. N-COUNT 带刺的话；尖刻的话
      A barb is 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。
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    双语例句

    1. He was bullied in school; maye assured her son that she, too, got picked on as a child and that her twin sister often shielded her from classmates 'barbs.
      埃隆在学校经常被人欺负；梅耶鼓励儿子说，她小时候也经常被人捉弄，她的双胞胎姐姐会充当她的挡箭牌，抵挡同学的冷嘲热讽。
    2. Colonel Qaddafi, who immediately followed Mr. Obama and whose speech contained no shortage of barbs against the United States without naming it directly, also heaped praise on the idea that the United States had elected a "son of Africa" as president.
      卡扎菲紧随奥巴马之后发表演说。虽然，演说中也包含很多针对美国的刻薄言论，但他并没有直接抨击，而且还对美国选出一名非洲的儿子为总统大加赞赏。
    3. Gone were the usual barbs from female contestants aimed at the men attempting to win their affection.
      节目改版后，没有了之前女嘉宾对试图赢得她们好感的男嘉宾的那番犀利尖刻的评价。
    4. Some critics take pride in their prejudices, slinging vitriolic barbs at a specific actor or genre with relish.
      有些评论家在固执己见的同时还保持着一定的傲慢，挺不是滋味儿地向某个特定的演员或者电影流派亮出他们毒辣的锋芒。
    5. 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。
    6. Companies may be reluctant to admit their offices are anything less than pleasant, but incivility think belittling barbs or gruff responses can lead to lost productivity, creativity and talent.
      公司也许不愿承认他们的办公室里有丁点的不愉快，但是无礼的行为想想那些贬损他人的冷嘲热讽或对人粗暴生硬的回应可能会引起生产力、创造力和才华的损失。
    7. 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。
    8. 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。
    9. 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。
    10. 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。
    11. Barbs on the crown of gilded wire.
      镀金丝网顶端的倒刺。
    12. He often was pummeled at congressional hearings as frustration mounted about the country's fragile economic footing, but appeared to mostly shrug off the barbs and absorb them as part of his job.
      盖特纳经常在国会听证会上受到抨击，因为人们关于美国经济基础脆弱不堪的沮丧情绪不断加剧，但一般来说，他似乎并不理睬这些冷嘲热讽，而把它们当成自己工作的一部分。
    13. When triggered, these cells eject poison-tipped barbs that help the jellyfish catch food in the ocean.
      当受到触发时，这些细胞喷射出有助于海蜇在海洋中捕捉食物的有毒倒钩。
    14. 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。
    15. 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。
    16. Barbs has it, like a Bee!
      有倒刺，又象只蜜蜂！
    17. 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。
    18. 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；
    19. She slung barbs at me.
      她说了些讥刺我的话。
    20. 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。
    21. Congress and the White House even traded barbs this week over the State Children's Health Insurance Programme ( SCHIP), a popular scheme that subsidises coverage for children.
      在本周，国会和白宫甚至因国家儿童健康保险项目而相互对骂。国家儿童健康保险项目是目前盛行的一种方案，旨在为儿童提供保险补贴。
    22. He tried to offer an explanation, but I just started in on a litany of nasty barbs.
      他想解释，可我又说了一连串难听的话刺他。
    23. 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。
    24. What sets the Onion apart, however, is that Mr Obama has not blunted its barbs at all.
      让洋葱于众不同的是，奥巴马没有挫掉它的锐气。
    25. 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。
    26. 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。
    27. Barbed wire: Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
      （复丝中的）单丝，单纤维有刺铁丝：在一定间隔有刺的绞丝网。
    28. 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。
    29. There are two or more adjustment parts on the upper part of the filter pole while there are two or more sets of sawtooth-shaped barbs on the lower part of the pre-built-in part.
      滤杆的上部有两个或两个以上调节件，预埋件的下部有两组或两组以上的锯齿形倒钩。
    30. While exchanging barbs publicly, Mr Icahn and the Yahoo board had been talking privately for some time, according to a person close to Yahoo.
      据一位熟悉雅虎的人士称，尽管双方公开攻击对方，但伊卡恩和雅虎董事会私下谈判已有一段时间。
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