jab
verb /dʒæb/
/dʒæb/
[transitive, intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they jab | /dʒæb/ /dʒæb/ |
he / she / it jabs | /dʒæbz/ /dʒæbz/ |
past simple jabbed | /dʒæbd/ /dʒæbd/ |
past participle jabbed | /dʒæbd/ /dʒæbd/ |
-ing form jabbing | /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ /ˈdʒæbɪŋ/ |
- to push a pointed object into somebody/something, or in the direction of somebody/something, with a sudden strong movement
synonym prod戳;刺;捅;猛击 - jab somebody/something (in something) (with something) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
她用手指捅了捅他的腰。 - jab something in something She jabbed her finger in his ribs.
她用手指捅了捅他的腰。 - jab (at somebody/something) (with something) He jabbed at the picture with his finger.
他用手指戳戳那幅画。 - The boxer jabbed at his opponent.
拳击手向对手猛击。
- He jabbed a finger in her direction.
他用手朝她指了指。 - She started jabbing at the calculator.
她开始猛按计算器。
词源early 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’. - jab somebody/something (in something) (with something) She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.