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jab

verb
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[transitive, intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they jab
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he / she / it jabs
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past simple jabbed
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past participle jabbed
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-ing form jabbing
🔊/ˈdʒæbɪŋ/
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  1. to push a pointed object into somebody/something, or in the direction of somebody/something, with a sudden strong movement戳；刺；捅；猛击 synonym prod
    • 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。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • 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。
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.

jab

noun
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  1. a sudden strong hit with something pointed or with a fist戳；刺；捅；用拳猛击 (= a tightly closed hand)
    • She gave him a jab in the stomach with her elbow.她用胳膊肘猛顶他的肚子。🔊🔊
    • a boxer’s left jab拳击手的左刺拳
    • Scott gave him a sharp left jab to the ribs.斯科特朝他肋部突然打出一记左刺拳。
    • As a response he got a sharp jab in the stomach with a rifle.作为回应，他的腹部被人用步枪猛戳了一下。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • hard
    • sharp
    • quick
    • …
    verb + jab
    • give somebody
    • feel
    • land
    • …
    preposition
    • jab in
    • jab to
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  2. (British English, informal) an injection to help prevent you from catching a disease注射；接种；预防针
    • a flu jab流感预防针
    Topics Social issuesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • flu
    • tetanus
    • typhoid
    • …
    verb + jab
    • have
    • give somebody
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    3. Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally Scots): variant of job ‘prod or stab’.