2VERB (用手指或手中的尖物)戳,捅 If you stab something or stab at it, you push at it with your finger or with something pointed that you are holding. (用手指或手中的尖物)戳,捅
Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber. [VERB noun]
贝丝叉起一片黄瓜。
Goldstone flipped through the pages and stabbed his thumb at the paragraph he was looking for. [VERB noun + at]
戈德斯通翻动书页,大拇指按到他正在寻找的那个段落上。
He stabbed at the omelette with his fork. [VERB + at]
5PHRASE 背后捅刀子;暗地中伤 If you say that someone has stabbed you in the back, you mean that they have done something very harmful to you when you thought that you could trust them. You can refer to an action of this kind as a stab in the back . 背后捅刀子;暗地中伤
She felt betrayed, as though her daughter had stabbed her in the back.