stab

刺す

刃物などを人の体に突き刺して傷つけること。

やさしい英語で： To push a sharp object into someone’s body and hurt them.

• Someone stabbed him outside the station.
• She was stabbed with a knife.
• Police arrested the man who had stabbed her.

使い方： stab someone with something (The attacker stabbed him with a knife.); stab someone in the + body part (He was stabbed in the arm.)

類義語： knife, pierce

よく使う表現： stab someone, stab with something, stab someone repeatedly, stab someone twice

突く

尖った物の先を何かに向けて、素早く乱暴に突き出すこと。

やさしい英語で： To make quick, rough movements toward something with the end of a pointed object.

• He stabbed at the button with his finger.
• She stabbed at the ground with a stick.
• His finger stabbed the air as he argued.

使い方： stab at something with something (He stabbed at the screen with one finger.)

類義語： jab, poke, thrust

よく使う表現： stab at something, stab a button

試み

成功するか分からないまま、何かをやってみること。

やさしい英語で： An attempt to do something, often without knowing whether you can succeed.

• Let me take a stab at it.
• She had a stab at solving the puzzle.
• His first stab at a novel was surprisingly good.

使い方： a stab at something/doing something (I took a stab at repairing the radio.)

類義語： try, attempt

よく使う表現： take a stab, stab at something, have a stab

一突き、刺突

人を傷つけるため、刃物などを体に突き刺す一撃。

やさしい英語で： An act of pushing a sharp object into someone to hurt them.

• The stab left a deep wound.
• He narrowly avoided a stab to the chest.
• The attacker delivered several stabs with a knife.

類義語： thrust

よく使う表現： a knife stab, stab wound, stab to something

短い和音

強い効果を出すため、複数の音を同時に短く突然鳴らすこと。

やさしい英語で： A short, sudden group of musical notes played together for a strong effect.

• A horn stab opens the song.
• The producer added sharp synth stabs.
• Each brass stab lands just before the beat.

よく使う表現： horn stab, brass stab, synth stab