stab
verbVerb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they stab | |
| he / she / it stabs | |
| past simple stabbed | |
| past participle stabbed | |
| -ing form stabbing |
- [transitive] stab somebody
to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into somebody, killing or injuring them （用刀等锐器）刺，戳，捅 He was stabbed to death in a racist attack. 他遭到种族主义者的袭击，被刺死了。 She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver. 她用螺丝刀在他胳膊上戳了一下。
Extra ExamplesTopics Crime and punishmentc1He is accused of repeatedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy. 他被指控将一个 16 岁的男孩多处刺伤。 He was fatally stabbed. 他受到致命的刺伤。 He was found stabbed in his car. 他被发现刺死在车里。 He was stabbed in the chest. 他胸部被刺。 Tina accidentally stabbed herself with her pencil. 蒂娜不小心用铅笔戳着自己了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- repeatedly
- fatally
- accidentally
- …
- threaten to
- try to
- at
- in
- with
- …
- be found stabbed
- stab somebody to death
- [transitive, intransitive]
to make a short, aggressive or violent movement with a finger or pointed object （用手指或尖物）戳，捅，刺 - stab something (at/into/through something)
He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest. 他气呼呼地用指头戳我的胸口。 She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray. 她把香烟刺进烟灰缸。 I stabbed at my meat with my fork. 我用叉子戳肉。 - stab somebody/something (with something)
She stabbed the air with her fork. 她用叉子在空中比画。 - stab at/into/through something (figurative)
The pain stabbed at his chest. 他胸部疼得像刀扎似的。
- stab something (at/into/through something)
Word Originlate Middle English: of unknown origin.
Idioms
stab somebody in the back
to do or say something that harms somebody who trusts you 在某人背后捅刀子；陷害（或中伤）信任你的人