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Barbed Sharp Wire Joke 英 Bɑːbd] 美 Bɑːrbd Adj.有倒钩的;有刺的;讽刺的

英语单词 barbed
英美音标 英 [bɑːbd] 美 [bɑːrbd]
中文释义 adj.有倒钩的;有刺的;讽刺的
动词barb的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) His land is fenced with barbed wire .
(2) The jacket was torn to shreds by the barbed wire.
(3) He enlivened his editorials with barbed thrusts at politicians.
中文例句 (1) 他的土地由铁丝网围着。
(2) 那件夹克让铁丝网给戳破了。
(3) 他的社论中对政客的口头攻击使文章生机勃勃。
vocabulary简明 Something that's barbed is sharp or spiky. Barbed wire has very sharp points at intervals along its length, to keep animals or people in (or out of) a yard.
vocabulary扩展 Roses are famous for their sweet blossoms and barbed stems. A fish hook is also barbed, with a sharp spike on its end. You can use barbed figuratively, to describe cruel or biting words: "Her barbed comment made it clear how angry she was after the practical joke he'd played on her." The root of barbed is the Old French word for "beard," or "something beardlike," barbe, from the Latin barba, also "beard."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](话语、玩笑等)带刺的,尖刻的,讽刺的 A barbed remark or joke seems polite or humorous, but contains a cleverly hidden criticism.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...barbed comments.

    尖刻的评论

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