| 单词 | barb |
| 释义 | barb barb1 /bahrb/, n. 1. a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. See illus. under fishhook. 2. an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping remark. 3. Bot. , Zool. a hooked or sharp bristle. 4. Ornith. one of the processes attached to the rachis of a feather. See illus. under feather. 5. one of a breed of domestic pigeons, similar to the carriers or homers, having a short, broad bill. 6. any of numerous, small, Old World cyprinid fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums. 7. Usually, barbs. Vet. Pathol. a small protuberance under the tongue in horses and cattle, esp. when inflamed and swollen. 8. Also, barbe. a linen covering for the throat and breast, formerly worn by women mourners and now only by some nuns. 9. Obs. a beard. v.t. 10. to furnish with a barb or barbs. [1300-50; ME barbe < MF << L barba BEARD or beardlike projection] Syn. 1. spur, spike, prong, barbule; snag, prickle, spicule. barb2 /bahrb/, n. one of a breed of horses raised originally in Barbary. [1630-40; < F barbe, shortened form of It barbero Barbary steed, equiv. to Barber(ia) Barbary + -o masc. n. suffix] barb3 /bahrb/, n. Slang. barbiturate. [by shortening] |
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