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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   barb

   • IPA[bärb]

   美式

   • n.
     a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fishhook, or similar item, angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.；a cluster of spikes on barbed wire.

   • noun: barb, plural noun: barbs

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fishhook, or similar item, angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult. 同義詞 spike, prong, point, projection, spur, ... 更多thorn, needle, prickle, spine, quill, bristle, tine, technicalspicule, spicula, spiculum, spinule
   • ▪ a cluster of spikes on barbed wire.
   • ▪ a deliberately hurtful remark his barb hurt more than she cared to admit 同義詞 insult, sneer, jibe, cut, cutting remark, ... 更多shaft, affront, slap in the face, slight, rebuff, brickbat, slur, scoff, jeer, taunt, abuse, disparagement, scoffing, scorn, spite, sarcasm, goading, ridiculing, derision, mockery, informaldig, put-down
   • 2. a fleshy filament at the mouth of some fish, such as barbel and catfish.
   • ▪ each of the fine hairlike filaments growing from the shaft of a feather, forming the vane.
   • 3. a freshwater fish that typically has barbels around the mouth, popular in aquariums.