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n. 中风; (铅笔等的)笔画; 划水动作; 游法; 钟声; 击球; 一件(幸运的)事; (灵感)突发
v. 抚摩; 轻拭
If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat...
卡拉正蜷缩在沙发上,一边吸着烟,一边轻抚着她的猫咪。
She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。
If someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body.
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
他 1987 年曾患轻度中风,之后就半身不遂了。
The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
用铅笔向上短短地勾画几道来填充空白。
When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea...
我转身向海里又游了几下。
The boatmen accompany the stroke of their oars with the sound of their voices.
船夫们一边划桨一边喊号子。
A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.
She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
她花了数小时练习蛙泳。
The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
12 点的钟声刚敲响,焰火便在夜空中绽放。
In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball.
Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
康普顿一会将球打到这里,一会打到那里,每一拍的落点都不同。
A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
天没下雨,结果成了件幸事。
A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
当时,对他的任命犹如神来之笔。
If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke...
该疾病一下子就使 4,000 万只兔子丧命。
How can Britain reduce its prison population in one stroke?
英国如何能一下子减少其监狱服刑人数?
If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
I never did a stroke of work at college.
我在上大学时懒得要命。
1. (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand;
2. the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam
3. a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
4. a light touch
5. a light touch with the hands
6. the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew
7. a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
8. a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing)
9. any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing
10. a single complete movement
1. touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions;
2. strike a ball with a smooth blow
3. row at a particular rate
4. treat gingerly or carefully;
at a (或 one) stroke
一下子,一举
not (或 never) do a stroke of work
什么也不干,根本不工作
on the stroke of
准时地,准点地
put someone off their stroke
打乱…的工作进度;打扰
stroke of business
有利可图的交易,赚钱的交易
stroke of genius
非凡的创见
stroke of luck (或 good luck)
突交好运,突然走运
The judge was enraged and stroked the table for several times.
大法官被气得连连拍案.
A stroke paralysed half his face.
中风使他半边脸瘫痪.
Can you do back stroke?
你会仰泳 吗 ?
He crouched down to stroke the dog.
他蹲下来抚摸他的狗.
Three invading battleships were sunk at one stroke.
3艘入侵军舰被一举击沉.