单词	barb
释义	barbbarb /bɑːb $ bɑːrb/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINbarb Origin: 1300-1400 Old French barbe ‘barb, beard’, from Latin barba Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Abel, for example, is obviously a Democrat, as he slipped more than a few anti-Reagan barbs into his presentation. Everybody liked grandmotherly Barbara Bush, who kept her wicked barbs private and mostly stayed out of public political combat. His jeering remarks had hidden barbs, and just went to prove how little he cared either way. The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the barbs, rocking with laughter. We thrive on the superficial barb, and shrink from the deeper, more complex, less titillating ambiguities of an issue. Yesterday, Mrs Aquino aimed her sharpest barbs at her civilian enemies. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► barbed wire (=wire with a lot of sharp points on it, used for making fences)· The prison was surrounded by barbed wire. 1the sharp curved point of a hook, arrow etc that prevents it from being easily pulled out2a remark that is clever and amusing, but also cruel → barbed
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