Tra từ stab - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stab [stab stabs stabbed stabbing] verb, noun BrE [stæb] NAmE [stæb]
verb (-bb-)
1. transitive ~ sb to push a sharp, pointed object, especially a knife, into sb, killing or injuring them
•He was stabbed to death in a racist attack.
•She stabbed him in the arm with a screwdriver.
2. transitive, intransitive to make a short, aggressive or violent movement with a finger or pointed object
Syn: ↑jab, Syn: ↑prod
•~ sth (at/into/through sth) He stabbed his finger angrily at my chest.
•She stabbed her cigarette into the ashtray.
•~ sb/sth (with sth) She stabbed the air with her fork.
•~ at/into/through sth (figurative)The pain stabbed at his chest.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•He is accused of repeatedly stabbing a 16-year-old boy.
•He was fatally stabbed.
•He was found stabbed in his car.
•He was stabbed in the chest.
•I stabbed at my meat with my fork.
•Tina accidentally stabbed herself with her pencil.
Idioms: ↑stab in the back ▪ ↑stab somebody in the back

noun
1. an act of ↑stabbing or trying to ↑stab sb/sth; a wound caused by ↑stabbing
•He received several stabs in the chest.
•She died of a single stab wound to the heart.
2. a sudden sharp pain or unpleasant feeling
•She felt a sudden stab of pain in the chest.
•a stab of guilt/fear/pity/jealousy, etc.
3. usually singular (informal)an attempt to do sth
•~ (at sth) He found the test difficult but nevertheless made a good stab at it.
•~ (at doing sth) Countless people have had a stab at solving the riddle.
•I've always enjoyed acting, but I'd like to have a stab at directing one day.
more at a shot/stab in the dark at ↑dark _n.

Word Origin:
late Middle English: of unknown origin.

Example Bank:
•He felt a sharp stab of disappointment.
•He took his first stab at directing.
•I had a stab at answering the question.
•It was only a stab in the dark, but I hoped I could learn something.
•She made a half-hearted stab at medical school, and quickly withdrew.
•The boy made a stab at the pig.
•a stab of pain
•a stab to the chest
•I've always enjoyed acting, but I'd like to have a stab at directing one day.