stroke

1. V-T If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. 轻抚

Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat. 卡拉蜷曲在沙发上，抽着一支烟，轻抚着她的猫。

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. 中风

He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed. 他在1987年患了轻度中风，这使他半身不遂了。

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. 笔画

Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil. 用铅笔画出短的、向上的笔画来填空。

4. N-COUNT When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars. 划水; 划桨

I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea. 我转过身又向海里游了几下。

5. N-COUNT A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming. 游泳姿势

She spent hours practising the breast stroke. 她花了几个小时练习蛙泳。

6. N-COUNT The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour. 钟声

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。

7. N-COUNT In sports such as tennis, baseball, golf, and cricket, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball. 击球

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。

8. N-SING A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. 一次 (好运)

It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. 天没下雨，结果成为一次好运。

9. N-SING A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has. (天才或灵感的) 一举

At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. 当时，他的任命似乎是天才之举。

10. PHRASE If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all. 干一点儿[非正式]

I never did a stroke of work in college. 我在大学里从来不干一点儿活。