barbs
n.
（箭头、鱼钩等的）倒钩( barb的名词复数 );
带刺的话;
毕露的锋芒;
钩状毛;
例句:
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Mr Costolo did not flinch, trading witty barbs instead.
来自THETIMES
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She slung barbs at me.
她说了些讥刺我的话.
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I would no longer uncomplainingly accept their barbs or allow their unaccountable power to go unchallenged.
我不会再毫无怨言地洗耳恭听他们带刺的话,或让他们的不负责任的权力不受到挑战.
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Unlike stingrays, manta rays do not have venomous tail barbs.
和刺鳐不一样, 蝠鲼没有剧毒的尾刺.
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Activision has avoided responding to EA's barbs.
来自WSJ
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Barbs were very easy to overdose on and are now rare.
来自BBC