英语词汇“barb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

barb¹

(bärb)

1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook.

2. A cutting remark.

3. Zoology A small, sharp point projecting in reverse direction from the tip, as on a porcupine quill or a bee sting.

4. Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather.

5. Botany A short, sharp, reflexed bristle or hairlike projection.

6. See barbel¹.

7. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genera Barbus, Puntius, and related genera of the family Cyprinidae.

8. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times.

tr.v. barbed, barb·ing, barbs

To provide or furnish with a barb.

[Middle English barbe, from Old French, beard, from Latin barba; see bhardh-ā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	barb
释义	barb¹ (bärb) n. 1. A sharp point projecting in reverse direction to the main point of a weapon or tool, as on an arrow or fishhook. 2. A cutting remark. 3. Zoology A small, sharp point projecting in reverse direction from the tip, as on a porcupine quill or a bee sting. 4. Zoology One of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather. 5. Botany A short, sharp, reflexed bristle or hairlike projection. 6. See barbel¹. 7. Any of various Old World freshwater fishes of the genera Barbus, Puntius, and related genera of the family Cyprinidae. 8. A linen covering for a woman's head, throat, and chin worn in medieval times. tr.v. barbed, barb·ing, barbs To provide or furnish with a barb. [Middle English barbe, from Old French, beard, from Latin barba; see bhardh-ā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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