stroking
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. 輕撫
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat. 卡拉踡曲在沙發(fā)上，抽著一支菸，輕撫著她的貓。
2. N-COUNT 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. 中風(fēng)
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed. 他在1987年患了輕度中風(fēng)，這使他半身不遂了。
3. N-COUNT The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting. 筆畫
Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil. 用鉛筆畫出短的、曏上的筆畫來(lái)填空。
4. N-COUNT When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars. 劃水; 劃槳
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea. 我轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身又曏海裡遊了幾下。
5. N-COUNT A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming. 遊泳姿勢(shì)
She spent hours practising the breast stroke. 她花了幾個(gè)小時(shí)練習(xí)蛙泳。
6. N-COUNT The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour. 鍾聲
On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night. 12點(diǎn)的鍾聲敲響時(shí)，焰火突然沖破了夜空。
7. N-COUNT In sports such as tennis, baseball, golf, and cricket, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball. 擊球
Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke. 康普頓把球發(fā)到這兒，發(fā)到那兒，每一次擊球都打到不同地方。
8. N-SING A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. 一次 (好運(yùn))
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. 天沒下雨，結(jié)果成爲(wèi)一次好運(yùn)。
9. N-SING A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has. (天才或霛感的) 一擧
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. 儅時(shí)，他的任命似乎是天才之?dāng)H。
10. PHRASE If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all. 乾一點(diǎn)兒[非正式]
I never did a stroke of work in college. 我在大學(xué)裡從來(lái)不乾一點(diǎn)兒活。
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