barb
倒钩,倒刺,倒勾,钩子
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Definitions
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- : a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead.
- : an obviously or openly unpleasant or cutting remark.
- : Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle.
- : Ornithology. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather.
- : one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill.
- : any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums.
- : Usually barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, especially when inflamed and swollen.
- : Also barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns.
- : Obsolete. a beard.
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Examples
A wind barb contains half lines, full lines, and flags to denote wind speeds.
Wind barbs Wind barbs are the most visible portion of a station plot.
A patch with smaller barbs punctured the slim stem of a tomato plant.
To make the microneedle’s barbs, the researchers took advantage of a curious effect of this type of 3-D printing.
On exposure to ultraviolet light, the barbs curved downward.
Jon was a big fan and he spent hours planning responses to every possible barb.
Bills are piling up in an Iowa court case, Heki v. Bachmann, filed by another former Bachmann staffer, Barb Heki.
But every barb is delivered with a wink—and a chiseled, dashing smile.
The Daily Pic: Barb Choit shows us old images as they fade to black – or cyan.
Even an exchange on gun control enabled Obama to recycle a barb once used against John Kerry, who played Romney in debate prep.
Accordingly he carries to court a beautiful barb, and requests his majesty's acceptance of it.
Some had one good edge, or a point or barb, while the other parts of the same stones showed only the natural form and fracture.
This time he had received a genuine wound, with poison upon the barb of the arrow that had pierced him.