PUSHto push something into or towards something else with short quickmovements 戳,刺,捅;猛击
jab at
She jabbed at the elevator buttons.
她猛地按下电梯按钮。
When I didn’t respond, he jabbed a finger at me.
我没有回应,他就用手指捅了我一下。
jab somebody with something
Stop jabbing me with your elbow!
别用胳膊肘捅我!
jab something into something
The soldier jabbed a rifle into his ribs.
那个士兵用步枪戳他的肋骨。
Examples from the Corpus
jab• The beat drops and Sister Souljah marches on, up and down the stage, jabbing at the audience with her finger.• Occasionally he would jab futilely at a passing luminoustrail.• Connors jabbed his finger in the umpire's face.• I jab his fist, deflecting it as I shuffle back.• Your friendjabs his spear right at it, but he misses and the fish swims away.• Uh, jabbed myself on the corner, jabbed myself with the corner.• I jab smartly, snapping out into his unsuspecting face and make solidcontact against his nose.• Selecting a clear-looking spot she jabbed the fork into the earth and stood on the crossbar.
jab at• She jabbed at the buttons on the remote control.
jab2 noun [countableC]
1PUSHa sudden hard hit, especially with a pointedobject or your fist (=closed hand) 〔用尖物〕戳,刺,捅;〔用拳头〕猛击
a boxer with a good left jab
能打出漂亮左刺拳的拳击手
2something you say to criticize someone or something else 批评,攻击
White House officials took a sharp jab at the Democrats’ plan.
left jab• His left jab might have been the cleanest scoringpunch of the entirechampionships.• But they set up my left jab.• The left jab was a quick learn.• Then he called Rufus and told him to take the class through left jab, from the top.
Originjab1
(1800-1900)job“to jab”((15-20 centuries)), probably copying the action