backstabとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈbækˌstæb/

動詞

backstab (third-person singular simple present backstabs, present participle backstabbing, simple past and past participle backstabbed)

1. (transitive) To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.

   Synonym: stab in the back

派生語

名詞

backstab (plural backstabs)

1. An act of backstabbing.

   Synonym: stab in the back

   • 2016, Mauro Paulino, Forensic Psychology of Spousal Violence, London: Academic Press, →ISBN, page 160:

     After this conversation I was shocked; he asked me to leave the car so he would stay with her alone. Everything fell on me, I felt my body heavy and my heart beating very fast. It was such a backstab that it still hurts today.

アナグラム

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