| 单词 | stab |
| 释义 | stabWord family nounstabberstabbingadverbstabbinglyverbstab stab1 /stæb/ ●●○ verb (stabbed, stabbing) 1 [transitiveT]HARM/BE BAD FOR to push a knife into someone or something 〔用刀〕刺，戳，捅 → stabbing He was stabbed to death in a fight. 他在一次打斗中被捅死了。 stab somebody in the heart/arm etc ► see thesaurus at attack She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly. 她胸口被刺数刀。 2 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]PUSH to make quick pushing movements with your finger or something pointed 〔用手指或尖的东西〕戳 SYN jab He raised his voice and stabbed the air with his pen. 他提高嗓门，并用钢笔在空中比画。 3. stab somebody in the back BETRAYto do something that harms someone who likes and trusts you 背后中伤某人；背叛某人 SYN betray Examples from the Corpus stab somebody in the back• I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back!• Some one reached through an open window and stabbed Bastidas in the back.• Thatcher was stabbed in the back by her former friends and colleagues in the Conservative Party.• Why stab Manchester in the back for helping to create a bigger northern network of clubs, raves and fashion outlets?• He seems friendly, but he wouldn't hesitate to stab you in the back if he thought it would help him get your job. Examples from the Corpus stab• Betty Carroll was stabbed 61 times and left to die on the floor of her Escondido home.• Her assailant lunged, stabbing at her again and again.• Tracy Barrett, 20, stabbed black magic follower Ian Clark, 59, several times with six steak knives.• He had been stabbed fourteen times.• Luca stabbed her in the thigh with a breadknife.• There was a scuffle and Murray was stabbed in the chest.• Meyers was stabbed once in the abdomen and once in the neck.• Gail's stabbed outside a nightclub..• Maria was stabbed seven-teen times and died that night.• The victim had been stabbed six times.• He stabbed the brake, stabbed too hard, and his back wheels slurred in the dirt.• Half a block away, a woman is raped and stabbed to death behind an abandoned church.• Kitty Davison was found stabbed to death one night in 1997. stabbed to death• He'd been stabbed to death.• The two Leeds supporters were believed to have been stabbed to death after an argument with workmen.• In 1839 John Ridge Senior, a Cherokee, was stabbed to death before the eyes of his twelve-year-old son.• Half a block away, a woman is raped and stabbed to death behind an abandoned church.• Major's partner in crime was later stabbed to death during another raid.• Two men were stabbed to death during the riot.• He got out his knife but stabbed to death his brother, who was attempting to restrain him.• Poolroom murder: Man stabbed to death in hotel fight.• Murray Pugh, a trainee P-E teacher, was stabbed to death last weekend. stab2 noun [countableC] 1 HARM/BE BAD FORan act of stabbing or trying to stab someone with a knife 刺，戳，捅 severe stab wounds 严重的刺伤 a stab victim 一个被刀捅了的人 He killed him with a stab to the heart. 他一刀刺中他心脏把他杀死了。 2 stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc FEEL HAPPY/FRIGHTENED/BORED ETCa sudden sharp feeling of pain or a strong emotion 一阵痛苦/失望/恐惧等 He felt a stab of guilt. 他感到一阵愧疚。 Examples from the Corpus stab of pain/disappointment/fear etc• Supposing, he thought, with a stab of fear, he was never going to have any friends?• Instinctively he rolled in the saddle and felt the white-hot stab of pain as something sharp scored a line across his shoulders.• She stretched, and little stabs of pain shot through her.• I felt a sharp stab of disappointment and was surprised and angry at myself.• The policeman pinched his eyes as if overcome with a sudden stab of pain.• I bit my arm and was grateful for the stab of pain, for the resistance of the bone beneath the skin.• As Grant hurried down the narrow concrete stairs, he felt the first warning stab of pain in his torn thigh muscle. 3 stab at (doing) something informalTRY TO DO OR GET something an attempt to do something, often not successfully 试图[尝试]（做）某事 have/make/take a stab at (doing) something I’ll have one more stab at it. 我要再试一次。 Examples from the Corpus stab at (doing) something• I knew the day and the month and made a stab at the year.• There have been several other attempts with the Department of Defense that took a stab at a new vehicle.• Of course, she thought with a stab at realism, all this could apply to anyone.• But the extreme suffering of women and their children stabbed at my heart.• A few years earlier, the Sellers shops had taken some early stabs at the problem.• He stabbed at it with his talons and beak.• But this last little stab at optimism soon comes to naught.• But there was an interesting sequel, which gave him his first, insightful, small stab at directing. 4. stab in the back BETRAYwhen someone you thought was a friend tries to harm you 背后中伤；背叛 Examples from the Corpus stab in the back• Nationalists supported the Wilson/Callaghan governments for years, only to be stabbed in the back in the end.• MacQuillan had been stabbed in the back, there were no palm or fingerprints on the weapon.• It's so many stabs in the back ... It's the whole system which is tucking us up.• I was stabbed in the back because I don't have those problems with Steve. Examples from the Corpus stab• So that everybody can have a stab at it.• For one incredible moment, Merrill knew a stab of envy of Elise.• I knew the day and the month and made a stab at the year.• There have been several other attempts with the Department of Defense that took a stab at a new vehicle.• Paltrow plays a spoiled young busybody who makes a disastrous stab at matchmaking.• She stretched, and little stabs of pain shot through her.• Sims had multiple stab wounds to his chest and neck.• Wood avoided goalie Kelly Hrudey's stab at the puck before scoring.• She managed to subdue the stab of jealousy that image brought. |
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