barbs
n. (箭頭、魚鉤等的)倒鉤( barb的名詞複數 ); 帶刺的話; 畢露的鋒芒; <植>鉤狀毛
A barb is a sharp curved point near the end of an arrow or fish-hook which makes it difficult to pull out.
A barb is an unkind remark meant as a criticism of someone or something.
The barb stung her exactly the way he hoped it would.
如他所願,這句帶刺的話刺痛了她。
She slung barbs at me.
她說了些譏刺我的話.
I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged.
我不會再毫無怨言地洗耳恭聽他們帶刺的話,或讓他們的不負責任的權力不受到挑戰.
Barbed wire: Twisted strands of fence wire with barbs at regular intervals.
有刺鐵絲: 在一定間隔有刺的絞絲網.
It is made of latex , like a normal condom, but it is lined with inward - facing barbs.
正如普通安全套,它也是由橡膠製成的, 但是它內壁佈滿很多釘齒狀哩器.
He tried to offer an explanation, but I just started in on a litany of nasty barbs.
他想解釋, 可我又說了一連串難聽的話刺他.