stab
US: /ˈstæb/
UK: /stˈæb/
UK: /stˈæb/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stab /stæb/
- danh từ
- sự đâm bằng dao găm; vết thương đâm bằng dao găm, nhát đâm bằng dao găm
- (nghĩa bóng) điều làm cho đau lòng; điều xúc phạm đến tình cảm
- (từ lóng) sự cố gắng; sự làm thử
- a stab in the back
- điều vu khống; sự nói xấu sau lưng
- đòn ngầm, nhát đâm sau lưng
- ngoại động từ
- đâm (ai) bằng dao găm
- (nghĩa bóng) làm cho đau đớn (người nào, lương tâm, tình cảm...)
- chọc rỗ (gạch) trước khi trát vữa
- nội động từ
- đâm bằng dao găm
- to stab at someone: đâm ai bằng dao găm
- nhằm đánh vào
- to stab at someone's reputation: nhằm làm hại thanh danh ai
- đau nhói như dao đâm
- to stab someone in the back
- vu khống ai; nói xấu sau lưng ai
- đòn ngầm ai
- đâm bằng dao găm
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb (-bb-)
1 [VN] to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into sb, killing or injuring them: He was stabbed to death in a racist attack. + She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver.
2 ~ (sth) (at sb)
~ sb/sth (with sth)
~ (sth) (at / into / through sth) to make a short, forceful movement with a finger or pointed object: [VN] He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest. + She stabbed the air with her fork. + She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray. + [V] (figurative) The pain stabbed at his chest.
Idioms: stab sb in the back to do or say sth that harms sb who trusts you
Synonym: BETRAY
+ noun
1 an act of stabbing or trying to stab sb/sth; a wound caused by stabbing: He received several stabs in the chest. + She died of a single stab wound to the heart.
2 a sudden sharp pain or unpleasant feeling: She felt a sudden stab of pain in the chest. + a stab of guilt / fear / pity / jealousy
3 [usually sing.] ~ (at sth / at doing sth) (informal) an attempt to do sth: He found the test difficult but nevertheless made a good stab at it. + Countless people have had a stab at solving the riddle. + I've always enjoyed acting, but I'd like to have a stab at directing one day.
Idioms: a stab in the back (informal) an act that harms sb, done by a person they thought was a friend: Her refusal to support his campaign was a real stab in the back.
more at DARK n.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 stick, puncture, prick, lance, jab, pierce, run through, impale, gore, transfix, knife, bayonet, skewer, spike, spit, spear, pin; plunge, poke, thrust:
In the melee, George was stabbed in the arm. It is said that she stabbed a fork into his hand.
2 stab in the back. harm, betray, sell out, double-cross, give the Judas kiss, play false with:
As soon as he had left, they stabbed him in the back by phoning the authorities.
n.
3 puncture, jab, thrust, (stab-)wound:
The coroner's office reported that the body had six stabs in the abdomen.
4 attempt, try, essay; guess, conjecture:
Even if you are wrong, you lose nothing by making a stab at the right answer.
5 pang, twinge, pain, ache, hurt, stitch:
Doctor, I get a terrible stab of pain in my side when I turn that way.
6 stab in the back. treachery, betrayal, double-cross, Judas kiss, kiss of death, duplicity:
Informing on someone to the tax inspector is a really nasty stab in the back.
Collocation dictionary
1 injury
VERB + STAB
make
the boy made a stab at the pig
STAB + NOUN
wound
PREP.
~ at
2 sudden pain
ADJ.
sharp, sudden
VERB + STAB
feel
PHRASES
~ of
He felt a sharp stab of disappointment.
3 attempt
ADJ.
brave, good | unsuccessful
VERB + STAB
have, make, take
PREP.
~ at
I had a stab at answering the question.
Concise English dictionary
stabbed|stabbing|stabsstæb
noun
+a sudden sharp feeling
+a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument
+informal words for any attempt or effort
verb
+use a knife on
+stab or pierce
+poke or thrust abruptly
