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.
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- IPA[bärb]
美式
- a sharp projection near the end of an arrow, fishhook, or similar item, angled away from the ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[bɑːb]
英式
- cut or style (a person's hair): he has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of my grandson got his hair barbed today
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[bärb]
美式
- cut or style (a person's hair): he has barbed the hair of any celebrity you can think of my grandson got his hair barbed today
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[bɑːb]
英式
- a small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa.
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[bärb]
美式
- a small horse of a hardy breed originally from North Africa.
Oxford American Dictionary
