strokes
n. 中风; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.; (游泳或划船的)划( stroke的名词复数 ); 中风; (打、击等的)一下; (成功的)举动
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。
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。
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.
我转身向海里又游了几下。
Apply the paint thickly in even strokes.
涂颜料要厚,笔画要匀。
To improve your tennis strokes you try using a different grip.
为了提高你网球的击球法,你试试用另一种握拍方法.
The Romanian rowers pulled ahead with fast, powerful strokes.
罗马尼亚划浆手以快速有力的划水占据了领先位置.