[VERB 动词](用刀等锋利物)刺,戳,捅 If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body.
[V n]
[V to n]
Somebody stabbed him in the stomach...
有人朝他肚子上捅了一刀。
Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver...
迪安试图用一把改锥捅他。
Stephen was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack nearly five months ago.
斯蒂芬在近 5 个月前无故遭到袭击,被捅死了。
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[VERB 动词](用手指或手中的尖物)戳,捅 If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.
[V n]
[V n at n]
[V at n]
Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber...
贝丝叉起一片黄瓜。
Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for...
戈德斯通翻动书页,大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。
He stabbed at the omelette with his fork.
他用叉子戳着煎蛋。
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[N-SING 单数名词]尝试;试图 If you have a stab at something, you try to do it.
[a N at n/-ing]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
Several tennis stars have had a stab at acting.
好几位网球明星都尝试过从事演艺。
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[N-SING 单数名词](通常指令人不快的感觉的)突发的一阵 You can refer to a sudden, usually unpleasant feeling as a stab of that feeling.
[a N of n]
[LITERARY 文]
...a stab of pain just above his eye...
他眼睛上方突然的一阵疼痛
She felt a stab of pity for him.
她突然对他心生同情。
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[PHRASE 短语]背后捅刀子;暗地中伤 If you say that someone has stabbed you in the back, you mean that they have done something very harmful to you when you thought that you could trust them. You can refer to an action of this kind as a stab in the back .
[V inflects]
She felt betrayed, as though her daughter had stabbed her in the back...
她感到被出卖了,就像女儿在自己背后捅了一刀似的。
He denounced the defection as a stab in the back.
他谴责这次背叛是背后捅刀子。
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stabstabsstabbedstabbingverb(-bb-)1[transitive ]stabsb to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into sb, killing or injuring them (用刀等锐器)刺,戳,捅◆He was stabbed to death in a racist attack.他遭到种族主义者的袭击,被刺死了。◆She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver.她用螺丝刀在他胳膊上戳了一下。2[transitive , intransitive ]to make a short, aggressive or violent movement with a finger or pointed object (用手指或尖物)戳,捅,刺SYN
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stabsth (at/into/through sth) ◆He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest.他气呼呼地用指头戳我的胸口。stabsb/sth (with sth) ◆She stabbed the air with her fork.她用叉子在空中比画。stabat/into/through sth ◆( figurative) The pain stabbed at his chest. 他胸部疼得像刀扎似的。IDIOMstab sb in the ˈbackto do or say sth that harms sb who trusts you 在某人背后捅刀子;陷害(或中伤)信任你的人SYN
betray
noun1an act of stabbingor trying to stabsb/sth; a wound caused by stabbing刺;戳;捅;刺(或戳、捅)的伤口◆He received several stabs in the chest.他胸部被刺了几刀。◆She died of a single stab woundto the heart. 她因心脏被刺中一刀而身亡。2a sudden sharp pain or unpleasant feeling 突然一阵剧痛(或难受的感觉)◆She felt a sudden stab of painin the chest. 她胸部突然感到一阵剧痛。◆a stab of guilt/fear/pity/jealousy, etc.一阵内疚、恐惧、怜悯、嫉妒等3[usually singular ]( informal) an attempt to do sth 尝试;企图stab(at sth) ◆He found the test difficult but nevertheless made agood stab atit. 尽管他觉得试题很难,但还是尽力去做了。stab(at doing sth) ◆Countless people have had a stab atsolving the riddle. 无数人试图解开这个谜。IDIOMa ˌstab in the ˈback( informal) an act that harms sb, done by a person they thought was a friend 背后捅刀子;对信任你的人的陷害(或中伤)☞more at
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stabstab1 /stæb/ ●●○ verb (past tense and past participle stabbed, present participle stabbing)
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1[transitive] to push a knife into someone or something → stabbing: He was stabbed to death in a fight.stab somebody in the heart/arm etc She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly.► see thesaurus at
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2[intransitive, transitive] to make quick pushing movements with your finger or something pointedSYN jab: He raised his voice and stabbed the air with his pen.3stab somebody in the back to do something that harms someone who likes and trusts youSYN betray
stab1 verb
stab2 noun
stabstab2 noun [countable]
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1an act of stabbing or trying to stab someone with a knife: severe stab wounds a stab victim He killed him with a stab to the heart.2stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc a sudden sharp feeling of pain or a strong emotion: He felt a stab of guilt.3stab at (doing) something informal an attempt to do something, often not successfullyhave/make/take a stab at (doing) something I’ll have one more stab at it.4stab in the back when someone you thought was a friend tries to harm you
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