jab
verb/dʒæb/
/dʒæb/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they jab | /dʒæb/ /dʒæb/ |
| he / she / it jabs | /dʒæbz/ /dʒæbz/ |
| past simple jabbed | /dʒæbd/ /dʒæbd/ |
| past participle jabbed | /dʒæbd/ /dʒæbd/ |
| -ing form jabbing | /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to push a pointed object into somebody/something, or in the direction of somebody/something, with a sudden strong movement
戳；刺；捅；猛击 - jab somebody/something (in something) (with something) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
她用手指捅了捅他的腰。 - jab something in something She jabbed her finger in his ribs.
她用手指捅了捅他的腰。 - jab (at somebody/something) (with something) He jabbed at the picture with his finger.
他用手指戳戳那幅画。 - The boxer jabbed at his opponent.
拳击手向对手出刺拳。
Extra Examples- He jabbed a finger in her direction.
他用手朝她指了指。 - She started jabbing at the calculator.
她开始猛按计算器。
- jab somebody/something (in something) (with something) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
- [transitive, often passive] jab somebody (British English, informal) to vaccinate somebody against a disease
为某人接种疫苗以预防某种疾病 - He refuses to say whether he has been jabbed against Covid.
他拒绝透露自己是否受到过新冠病毒感染。 - Over 80% of the population is now double-jabbed (= has had two vaccinations against Covid-19)
现在超过 80% 的人口都接种过两次疫苗（= 已接种两次 Covid-19 疫苗）
- He refuses to say whether he has been jabbed against Covid.
Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.