| 单词 | stab |
| 释义 | stab /stab/, v. , stabbed, stabbing, n. v.t. 1. to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork. 2. to thrust, plunge, or jab (a knife, pointed weapon, or the like) into something: He stabbed the knife into the man's chest. 3. to penetrate sharply or painfully: Their misery stabbed his conscience. 4. to make a piercing, thrusting, or pointing motion at or in: He stabbed me in the chest with his finger. The speaker stabbed the air in anger. v.i. 5. to thrust with or as if with a knife or other pointed weapon: to stab at an attacker. 6. to deliver a wound, as with a pointed weapon. 7. stab (someone) in the back, to do harm to (someone), esp. to a friend or to a person who is unsuspecting or in a defenseless position. n. 8. the act of stabbing. 9. a thrust or blow with, or as if with, a pointed weapon. 10. an attempt; try: Make a stab at an answer before giving up. 11. a wound made by stabbing. 12. a sudden, brief, and usually painful, sensation: He felt a stab of pain in his foot. A stab of pity ran through her. 13. stab in the back, an act of treachery. [1325-75; (v.) ME (Scots) stabben < ?; (n.) late ME, akin to or deriv. of the v.; cf. Scots stob STUB1] Syn. 1. spear, penetrate, pin, transfix. |
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