barb
🇺🇸
/bɑːrb/
🇬🇧
/bɑːb/
noun
R
A sharp point at the end of an arrow or a hook that curves backward to make it hard to remove.
The fish was caught on the barb of the fishing hook.
魚被釣鉤上的倒鉤掛住了。
R
A comment or remark that is intended to hurt someone's feelings.
Her sarcastic barb about his weight really stung.
她關於他體重的諷刺挖苦真的很傷人。
translation
倒鉤, 諷刺
詞形變化
Plural
barbs