English Dictionary

stab

IPA（発音記号）

/stæb/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger. / (transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.

日本語の意味

ナイフや短剣など、先の鋭い道具を用いて、人や物を突き刺し傷を負わせる行為 / 物を鋭い動作で突き入れる、または突き出す行為

She tried to stab the intruder with a kitchen knife to protect her child.

彼女は子供を守るために台所用ナイフで侵入者を刺そうとした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To pierce or to wound (somebody) with a pointed tool or weapon, especially a knife or dagger.

There the cause of death was soon ascertained ; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument, in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]

意味（2）

(transitive) To thrust in a stabbing motion.

to stab a dagger into a person

意味（3）

(intransitive) To recklessly hit with the tip of a pointed object, such as a weapon or finger (often used with at).

None shall dare / With shortened sword to stab in closer war.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To cause a sharp, painful sensation (often used with at).

The snow from the blizzard was stabbing at my face as I skied down the mountain.

意味（5）

(transitive, figuratively) To injure secretly or by malicious falsehood or slander.

to stab a person's reputation

意味（6）

(transitive) To roughen a brick wall with a pick so as to hold plaster.

意味（7）

(transitive) To pierce folded sheets, near their back edges, for the passage of thread or wire.

stabs （ present singular third-person ）

stabbing （ participle present ）

stabbed （ participle past ）

stabbed （ past ）