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单词
barb
释义
barb
barb
/
bɑːb
$
bɑːrb
/
noun
[countable]
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
barb
Origin:
1300-1400
Old French
barbe
‘barb, beard’
, from
Latin
barba
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Abel, for example, is obviously a Democrat, as he slipped more than a few anti-Reagan
barbs
into his presentation.
Everybody liked grandmotherly Barbara Bush, who kept her wicked
barbs
private and mostly stayed out of public political combat.
His jeering remarks had hidden
barbs
, and just went to prove how little he cared either way.
The performance had the legislature, including the subjects of the
barbs
, rocking with laughter.
We thrive on the superficial
barb
, and shrink from the deeper, more complex, less titillating ambiguities of an issue.
Yesterday, Mrs Aquino aimed her sharpest
barbs
at her civilian enemies.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
►
barbed wire
(=
wire with a lot of sharp points on it, used for making fences
)
·
The prison was surrounded by barbed wire.
1
the sharp curved point of a hook,
arrow
etc that prevents it from being easily pulled out
2
a remark that is clever and amusing, but also cruel
→
barbed
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Pictish
pictogram
pictorial
picture
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picture card
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picture-perfect
picture-postcard
picture postcard
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