| 单词 | barb |
| 释义 | barb n. & v. --n 1. a secondary backward-facing projection from an arrow, fish-hook, etc., angled to make extraction difficult. 2. a deliberately hurtful remark. 3. a beardlike filament at the mouth of some fish, e.g. barbel and catfish. 4. any one of the fine hairlike filaments growing from the shaft of a feather, forming the vane. --vtr. 1. provide (an arrow, a fish-hook, etc.) with a barb or barbs. 2. (as barbed adj.) (of a remark etc.) deliberately hurtful. Phrases and idioms barbed wire wire bearing sharp pointed spikes close together and used in fencing, or in warfare as an obstruction. Etymology: ME f. OF barbe f. L barba beard |
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