新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

strokeIELTS重点词汇

英 [strəʊk]

[NOUN, VERB]

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NOUN. 名词

strokes
1. [C 可数名词] 中风
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.
双语例句
例：
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
他在1987年患了轻度中风，之后就半身不遂了。
例：
He suffered a stroke in 1919 which made it very difficult for him to cope in the last years of his presidency.
他1919年患了中风，这使他很难应付总统任期的最后几年。
2. [C 可数名词] 笔画
The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
双语例句
例：
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。
3. [C 可数名词] 划水 , 划桨
When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
双语例句
例：
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.
我转过身又向海里游了几下。
4. [C 可数名词] 游泳姿势
A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.
双语例句
例：
She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
她花了几个小时练习蛙泳。
5. [C 可数名词] 钟声
The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
双语例句
例：
On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
12点的钟声敲响时，焰火突然冲破了夜空。
6. [C 可数名词] 击球
In sports such as tennis, baseball, golf, and cricket, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball.
双语例句
例：
Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
康普顿把球发到这儿，发到那儿，每一次击球都打到不同地方。
7. [SING 单数型名词] 一件（幸运）的事
A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
双语例句
例：
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
天没下雨，结果成了件幸运的事。
8. [SING 单数型名词] （天才或灵感的）一举
A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
双语例句
例：
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
当时，对他的任命似乎是天才之举。

PHRASE. 习语

do a stroke
1. 干一点儿
If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
双语例句
例：
I never did a stroke of work in college.
我在大学里从来不干一点儿活。

VERB. 动词

strokes , stroking , stroked
1. [T 及物动词] 轻抚
If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
双语例句
例：
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat.
卡拉蜷曲在沙发上，一边抽着烟，一边轻抚着她的猫。