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barb
- IPA[bɑːb]
英式
- a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult.;a cluster of spikes on barbed wire.
noun: barb, plural noun: barbs
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fish hook, or similar object, which is angled away from the main point so as to make extraction difficult. 同義詞
- ▪ a cluster of spikes on barbed wire.
- ▪ a deliberately hurtful remark his barb hurt more than she cared to admit 同義詞
- 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 with barbels around the mouth, popular in aquaria.