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单词 jab
释义
jab1 verbjab2 noun
jabjab1 /dʒæb/ verb (past tense and past participle jabbed, present participle jabbing) [intransitive, transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINjab1
Origin:
1800-1900 job ‘to jab’ (15-20 centuries), probably copying the action
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
jab
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyjab
he, she, itjabs
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyjabbed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave jabbed
he, she, ithas jabbed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad jabbed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill jab
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have jabbed
Continuous Form
PresentIam jabbing
he, she, itis jabbing
you, we, theyare jabbing
PastI, he, she, itwas jabbing
you, we, theywere jabbing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been jabbing
he, she, ithas been jabbing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been jabbing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be jabbing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been jabbing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Connors jabbed his finger in the umpire's face.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back.
  • I jab smartly, snapping out into his unsuspecting face and make solid contact against his nose.
  • Occasionally he would jab futilely at a passing luminous trail.
  • Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar.
  • The beat drops and Sister Souljah marches on, up and down the stage, jabbing at the audience with her finger.
  • Uh, jabbed myself on the corner, jabbed myself with the corner.
  • Your friend jabs his spear right at it, but he misses and the fish swims away.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 When I didn’t respond, he jabbed a finger at me.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· He saw Gazzer's fingers jab ferociously into Simon's face.
to push something into or towards something else with short quick movementsjab at She jabbed at the elevator buttons. When I didn’t respond, he jabbed a finger at me.jab somebody with something Stop jabbing me with your elbow!jab something into something The soldier jabbed a rifle into his ribs.
jab1 verbjab2 noun
jabjab2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A combination of pressure from civil libertarians and right-wing militias, interesting left-right jabs...
  • Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.
  • Eventually she manages to deliver a particularly nasty jab and he goes up.
  • He puts you to sleep with those little jabs.
  • Me thinking I'd probably got some filthy fever in spite of the jabs.
  • The other clawed into it, mercilessly pecking while its prey squawked with weakening jabs of its beak.
  • When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatortreatment for an injury or illness
a medical method of curing someone who is ill or injured, for example by means of drugs or an operation: treatment for: · Doctors are trying out a new treatment for depression.treatment of: · Natural poisons such as snake venom are now being used in the treatment of human nervous disorders.receive treatment: · He's receiving treatment for cancer.medical treatment: · They received medical treatment at the hospital after the assault.course of treatment: · a course of treatment which should lead to an improvement in the patient's condition
a series of treatments for a problem, especially a mental one, usually without drugs or operations: · The therapy involves getting the patient to tell the doctor about their early childhood.· This child is clearly very disturbed emotionally and may require long-term therapy.be in therapy: · He's been in therapy for years, but he's still got a big self-esteem problem.speech therapy (=medical help to improve speech): · Will she need to have speech therapy?physical therapy: · Don underwent months of physical therapy after the accident.
the science of understanding illness and injury, and the methods used for treating them: · Jane is studying medicine.· The discovery of penicillin revolutionized Western medicine.alternative medicinealso complementary medicine British (=medical treatments based on ideas that are different from the ideas of Western scientific medicine): · So why is complementary medicine gaining popularity?conventional medicine (=the usual form of medicine used in most Western countries, involving the use of drugs and operations): · Many of these people have been failed by conventional medicine or have rejected it.
if you have an operation , a doctor cuts into your body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: have an operation: · The doctor says I must have an operation.operation on: · I had an operation on my knee last year.carry out/perform an operation: · Ask the surgeon how many times he has performed the operation before, and with what success.
treatment by doctors in which they cut into someone's body to remove or repair a part that is damaged: · She needed emergency surgery after the accident.surgery on: · He's currently recovering from surgery on his right knee.surgery for: · Last year, she underwent surgery for breast cancer.have/undergo surgery: · Before undergoing surgery, patients should discuss the various options with their doctor.major/minor surgery (=a serious/not very serious operation): · an injury requiring major surgeryknee/abdominal/heart etc surgery: · patients on the waiting list for heart surgery
when a doctor or nurse gives someone a drug using a special needle: have an injection: · I hate having injections.give somebody an injection: · Mrs. Wilson, I'm going to give you an injection to help you relax.
British /shot American informal an injection: · a typhoid jabget a jab/shot: · The kids have to get their shots before they go to school.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a boxer with a good left jab
 White House officials took a sharp jab at the Democrats’ plan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· His left jab might have been the cleanest scoring punch of the entire championships.
VERB
· Council members took jabs and butted heads and bit off ears, figuratively speaking.
1a sudden hard hit, especially with a pointed object or your fist (=closed hand):  a boxer with a good left jab2something you say to criticize someone or something else:  White House officials took a sharp jab at the Democrats’ plan.3British English informal an injection given to prevent you from catching a disease SYN  shot:  a typhoid jab
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