| 单词 | stab |
| 释义 | stab (stæb ) Word forms: stabs , stabbing , stabbed 1. verb B2 If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body. Somebody stabbed him in the stomach. [VERB noun] Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver. [VERB noun] Stephen was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack nearly five months ago. [VERB + to] Synonyms: pierce, cut, gore, run through 2. verb If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding. Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber. [VERB noun] Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for. [VERB noun + at] He stabbed at the omelette with his fork. [VERB + at] Synonyms: jab, poke, prod, thrust 3. singular noun If you have a stab at something, you try to do it. [informal] Several tennis stars have had a stab at acting. Synonyms: attempt, go [informal], try, shot [informal] 4. singular noun You can refer to a sudden, usually unpleasant feeling as a stab of that feeling. [literary] ...a stab of pain just above his eye. [+ of] She felt a stab of pity for him. [+ of] Synonyms: twinge, prick, pang, ache 5. stab someone in the back phrase 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. She felt betrayed, as though her daughter had stabbed her in the back. He denounced the defection as a stab in the back. 6. a stab in the dark phrase If you describe something someone says or does as a shot in the dark or a stab in the dark, you mean they are guessing that what they say is correct or that what they do will be successful. Every single one of those inspired guesses had been shots in the dark. Synonyms: guess, speculation, conjecture, surmise Idioms: stab someone in the back to do something which hurts and betrays someone He seemed to be incredibly disloyal. He would be your friend to your face, and then stab you in the back. People begin to avoid one another, take sides, be drawn into gossip and back-stabbing. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 刺伤, 尝试 Japanese: 突き刺す, 試み |
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