strokes

英 [strəʊks]

美 [stroʊks]

n.  击球(动作); (打、击等的)一下，一击; 划水动作; 划桨动作
v.  轻抚，抚摩(动物的毛皮); 抚摩(物体表面或头发等); 轻挪; 轻触; 轻拭
stroke的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 轻抚;抚摩
  If youstrokesomeone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 中风;脑卒中
  If someone has astroke, 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.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT (铅笔、刷子的)一笔，一挥，笔画
  Thestrokesof a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 划水动作;划桨动作;(游泳或划船的)一次划水
  When you are swimming or rowing, yourstrokesare the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
  1. I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea...
     我转身向海里又游了几下。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 游泳姿势;游法
  A swimmingstrokeis a particular style or method of swimming.
  1. She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
     她花了数小时练习蛙泳。
• N-COUNT 钟声;鸣;敲
  Thestrokesof a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
  1. 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。
• N-COUNT 击球(动作);一击;一抽
  In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, astrokeis the action of hitting the ball.
  1. 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。
• N-SING 一件(幸运的)事
  A stroke ofluck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
  1. It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
     天没下雨，结果成了件幸事。
• N-SING (灵感的)突发;(天才的)一举
  A stroke ofgenius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
  1. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
     当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。
• PHRASE 一下子;一举
  If something happensat a strokeorin one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
  1. 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。
  2. 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?
• PHRASE 动一动;干一点
  If someone does notdo a stroke ofwork, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
  1. I never did a stroke of work at college.
     我在上大学时懒得要命。

双语例句

• Among the current participants, 128 had strokes over the40 years of the study.
  在目前的参与者中，128人在40年的研究过程中得过中风。
• 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。
• More and more studies show that it can also lead to strokes and heart attacks.
  越来越多的研究表明，它还可能导致中风和心脏病发作。
• We can feel the vigor and strength in his strokes;
  我们可以感受到他的笔锋的力量和气势。
• The character “王” is composed of one vertical and three horizontal strokes.
  “王”字的写法是三横一竖。
• However, its overuse has been linked to increases in deaths, strokes and heart attacks.
  然而该药的过度使用一直和增加的死亡、中风和卒中有关系。
• Some strokes are thick, some are thin, with differences in the lines.
  它的点划分明，粗细有致，一波三折。
• The apparently spontaneous paint strokes of many artists are the result of a long learning and hard work process.
  许多艺术家自发的笔触显然是一个长期的学习和努力工作的结果。
• The character 人 is made up of two strokes.
  “人”字两画。