Barb

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n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    (箭頭、魚鉤等的)倒鉤

          2.    帶刺的話

                      She slung barbs at me.

                      她說了些譏刺我的話。

          3.    畢露的鋒芒,鋒利

                      The barb of his wit made us wince.

                      他那鋒芒畢露的機智使我們退避三舍。

          4.    【動】羽支;倒刺;觸鬚

          5.    【植】鉤狀毛,芒刺

          6.    (修女用以遮掩頸部的)白麻巾



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    在...裝倒鉤



n. (名詞 noun)[C]



          1.    非洲馬(產於北非,以速度、力量、馴順著稱)

          2.    巴巴里家鴿(類似信鴿)





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–noun

1. a point or pointed part projecting backward from a main point, as of a fishhook or arrowhead. 

2. an obviously or openly unpleasant or carping (吹毛求疵) remark. 

3. Botany, Zoology. a hooked or sharp bristle. (短硬刺毛) 

4. Ornithology. (鳥類學) one of the processes attached to the rachis (羽軸) of a 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 (鯉科) fishes of the genera Barbus and Puntius, often kept in aquariums. 

7. Usually, barbs. Veterinary Pathology. a small protuberance (突起) 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. Obsolete. a beard.  



–verb (used with object) 

10. to furnish with a barb or barbs.  



—Synonyms 

1. spur, spike, prong, barbule; snag, prickle, spicule.





　Harmony Korine may be finding his gift as the [ringmaster] of these barbed, indelible images, but as the nuns' haunting finale shows, embracing your talent is no guarantee of a happy ending.





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