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

单词

barb

释义

a sharp projection extending backwards from the point of an arrow, fishhook, etc, and preventing easy extraction

a biting or pointedly critical remark or comment

any of the side branches of the shaft of a feather

a plant hair or bristle ending in a hook

= barbel²

barbless adj

[Middle English barbe barb, beard, via Old French from Latin barba beard]

to provide (e.g. an arrow) with a barb

any of a northern African breed of horses that are noted for speed and endurance and are related to Arabs

[French barbe from Italian barbero of Barbary, from Barberia Barbary, former name of the region now comprising Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya]

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