| 单词 | barbed |
| 释义 | barbed (once / 2404 pages) adj Something that's barbed is sharp or spiky. Barbed wire has very sharp points at intervals along its length, to keep animals or people in (or out of) a yard. Roses are famous for their sweet blossoms and barbed stems. A fish hook is also barbed, with a sharp spike on its end. You can use barbed figuratively, to describe cruel or biting words: "Her barbed comment made it clear how angry she was after the practical joke he'd played on her." The root of barbed is the Old French word for "beard," or "something beardlike," barbe, from the Latin barba, also "beard." WORD FAMILYbarbed: barbedest+/barb: barbed, barbing, barbs USAGE EXAMPLESAt one time, the Rams’ season finale against the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday shaped up as something of a barbed holiday gift exchange between coaches. Los Angeles Times(Dec 28, 2016) Ron Gallo, June 23 at the 5 Spot: Insurgent thrift-store poet overcomes irritating schmoozing crowd with feedback and barbed words. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) “Barbed wires cutting us. All of my skin is full of scars, but that is all.” Washington Post(Dec 14, 2016) 1adj having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. Syn barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny armed (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns 2adj capable of wounding a barbed compliment Syn biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent sarcastic expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds |
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