stab
英 [stæb]
美 [stæb]
- vt. 刺；刺伤；戳；刺穿；直入
- vi. 刺；刺伤；戳；刺痛
- n. 刺；戳；尝试；突发的一阵
- n. (Stab)人名；(泰)萨达
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stab 刺，戳，捅来自苏格兰英语，本身为苏格兰英语另一个词 stob 方言变体词，最终可能为 stub 的苏格兰 变体。词义由钉子引申为刺，戳，捅。
- stab (v.)
- late 14c., "thrust with a pointed weapon," first in Scottish English, apparently a dialectal variant of Scottish stob "to pierce, stab," from stob (n.), perhaps a variant of stub (n.) "stake, nail," but Barnhart finds this "doubtful." Figurative use, of emotions, etc., is from 1590s. Related: Stabbed; stabbing.
- stab (n.)
- "wound produced by stabbing," mid-15c., from stab (v.). Meaning "act of stabbing" is from 1520s. Meaning "a try" first recorded 1895, American English. Stab in the back in the figurative sense "treacherous deed" is first attested 1881; the verbal phrase in the figurative sense is from 1888.
- 1. Several tennis stars have had a stab at acting.
- 好几位网球明星都尝试过从事演艺。
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- 2. He denounced the defection as a stab in the back.
- 他谴责这次背叛是背后捅刀子。
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- 3. Dean tried to stab him with a screwdriver.
- 迪安试图用一把改锥捅他。
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- 4. She felt a stab of pity for him.
- 她突然对他心生同情。
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- 5. I found a stab wound on his leg.
- 我在他的腿上发现一处刺伤.
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