English Dictionary

stab

/stæb/

noun

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object. / A wound made by stabbing. / Pain inflicted on a person's feelings. / (informal) An attempt. / Criticism.

He was injured in a stab to the chest.

意味（1）

An act of stabbing or thrusting with an object.

A knife was flashing in his hand, and just as he was about to take a stab at me, the smith grabbed his arm from behind.

意味（2）

A wound made by stabbing.

I opened the man's linen robe, and there over his heart was a dagger-wound, and beneath the woman's fair breast was a like cruel stab, through which her life had ebbed away.

意味（3）

Pain inflicted on a person's feelings.

“I bet you two have really big plans. And might I say, that is just fab,” he said of Lynn's dress. “I'm glad someone noticed,” she replied, seeming to take a stab at me.

意味（4）

(informal) An attempt.

I'll give this thankless task a stab.

意味（5）

Criticism.

意味（6）

(music) A single staccato chord that adds dramatic impact to a composition.

a horn stab

意味（7）

A bacterial culture made by inoculating a solid medium, such as gelatin, with the puncture of a needle or wire.