新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

stab

英  [stæb]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[SING 单数型名词] 尝试

    If you have a stab at something, you try to do it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Several tennis stars have had a stab at acting.

    几位网球明星都曾尝试过从事演艺行业。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 刺痛

    You can refer to a sudden, usually unpleasant feeling as a stab of that feeling.

    双语例句

    例:

    a stab of pain just above his eye.

    他眼睛上方的一阵刺痛。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • stab someone in the back

    1在背后捅某人一刀

    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.

    双语例句

    例:

    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。

    VERB. 动词
  • stabs , stabbing , stabbed

    1[T 及物动词] (用刀等利器)刺 , 捅

    If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body.

    双语例句

    例:

    Somebody stabbed him in the stomach.

    有人朝他腹部捅了一刀。

    例:

    Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver.

    迪安试图用一把螺丝刀捅他。

    2[I 不及物动词] (用手指或手中尖物)戳 , 捅 , 按

    If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding.

    双语例句

    例:

    Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber.

    贝斯叉起一片黄瓜。

    例:

    Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for.

    戈德斯通快速翻动书页,大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。