1 VERB (用刀等锋利物)刺，戳，捅 If someone stabs you, they push a knife or sharp object into your body. (用刀等锋利物)刺，戳，捅
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Somebody stabbed him in the stomach. [VERB noun]
有人朝他肚子上捅了一刀。
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Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver. [VERB noun]
迪安试图用一把改锥捅他。
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Stephen was stabbed to death in an unprovoked attack nearly five months ago. [VERB + to]
斯蒂芬在近 5 个月前无故遭到袭击，被捅死了。
SYN pierce, cut, gore, run through
2 VERB (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. (用手指或手中的尖物)戳，捅
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Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber. [VERB noun]
贝丝叉起一片黄瓜。
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Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for. [VERB noun + at]
戈德斯通翻动书页，大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。
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He stabbed at the omelette with his fork. [VERB + at]
他用叉子戳着煎蛋。
SYN jab, poke, prod, thrust
3 N-SING 尝试;试图 If you have a stab at something, you try to do it. 尝试;试图 [informal]
SYN attempt, go [informal] , try, shot [informal]
4 N-SING (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. (通常指令人不快的感觉的)突发的一阵 [literary]
SYN twinge, prick, pang, ache
5 PHRASE 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 . 背后捅刀子;暗地中伤
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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。
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He denounced the defection as a stab in the back.
他谴责这次背叛是背后捅刀子。
6 a stab in the dark→see: dark
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