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barb
[barb 词源字典]
barb:
see
beard
[barb etymology, barb origin, 英语词源]
barb (n.)
late 14c., "barb of an arrow," from Old French
barbe
(11c.) "beard, beardlike appendage," from Latin
barba
"beard," perhaps cognate with Old English
beard
(see
beard
(n.)).
barb (v.)
late 15c., "to clip, mow;" see
barb
(n.). Meaning "to fit or furnish with barbs" is from 1610s. Related:
Barbed
;
barbing
.