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stroke n.中风；击打；一笔（画）；意外的运气v.击打v.轻抚；奉承 (1) 我认识一个医生,专治中风。(2) 他一斧头就将树砍倒。(3) 我在这里碰见你真是运气。(4) 她巧妙地一击把球打过对手。(5) 猫喜欢让人抚摸。(6) 朱莉娅不得不克制住自己，没有去抚摩他的头发。 Stroke is a high value word — many meanings, yet rarely misunderstood in context. You can swim a certain stroke (or just doggie paddle), you can stroke a cat's fur, you can figuratively stroke your boss's ego by flattering him, or you can have a stroke of brilliance and solve world hunger. Hopefully you won't suffer a stroke and need hospitalization. Its origin as a medical term goes back to the 1500s when it was shortened from "the Stroke of God's Hand."

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英 [strəʊk] 美 [stroʊk] (1) I know a doctor. He is expert in curing stroke.(2) He fell the tree with one stroke of the axe.(3) It was a stroke of luck that I found you here.(4) She stroked the ball cleverly past her opponent.(5) The cat likes being stroked.(6) Julia had to subdue an urge to stroke his hair. It's a stroke of luck, or chance event, to find a terrific parking space on a rainy day, but no one feels lucky when their grandfather has a stroke, a sudden debilitating loss of oxygen to the brain. 1[VERB 动词]轻抚；抚摩 If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.   [V n]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。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]中风；脑卒中 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.   [usu sing]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。3[N-COUNT 可数名词](铅笔、刷子的)一笔，一挥，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.   [usu pl]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。4[N-COUNT 可数名词]划水动作；划桨动作；(游泳或划船的)一次划水 When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.   [usu pl]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。5[N-COUNT 可数名词]游泳姿势；游法 A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.   [usu sing]She spent hours practising the breast stroke.她花了数小时练习蛙泳。6[N-COUNT 可数名词]钟声；鸣；敲 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。7[N-COUNT 可数名词]击球(动作)；一击；一抽 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。8[N-SING 单数名词]一件(幸运的)事 A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.   [a N of n]It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.天没下雨，结果成了件幸事。9[N-SING 单数名词](灵感的)突发；(天才的)一举 A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.   [a N of n]At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。10[PHRASE 短语]一下子；一举 If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.   [PHR after v]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?11[PHRASE 短语]动一动；干一点 If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.   [with brd-neg]  [emphasis]  [INFORMAL 非正式]I never did a stroke of work at college.我在上大学时懒得要命。

英语单词	stroke
英美音标	英 [strəʊk] 美 [stroʊk]
中文释义	n.中风；击打；一笔（画）；意外的运气 v.击打 v.轻抚；奉承
英语例句	(1) I know a doctor. He is expert in curing stroke. (2) He fell the tree with one stroke of the axe. (3) It was a stroke of luck that I found you here. (4) She stroked the ball cleverly past her opponent. (5) The cat likes being stroked. (6) Julia had to subdue an urge to stroke his hair.
中文例句	(1) 我认识一个医生,专治中风。 (2) 他一斧头就将树砍倒。 (3) 我在这里碰见你真是运气。 (4) 她巧妙地一击把球打过对手。 (5) 猫喜欢让人抚摸。 (6) 朱莉娅不得不克制住自己，没有去抚摩他的头发。
vocabulary简明	It's a stroke of luck, or chance event, to find a terrific parking space on a rainy day, but no one feels lucky when their grandfather has a stroke, a sudden debilitating loss of oxygen to the brain.
vocabulary扩展	Stroke is a high value word — many meanings, yet rarely misunderstood in context. You can swim a certain stroke (or just doggie paddle), you can stroke a cat's fur, you can figuratively stroke your boss's ego by flattering him, or you can have a stroke of brilliance and solve world hunger. Hopefully you won't suffer a stroke and need hospitalization. Its origin as a medical term goes back to the 1500s when it was shortened from "the Stroke of God's Hand."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]轻抚；抚摩 If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. [V n] 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]中风；脑卒中 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. [usu sing] 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。 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](铅笔、刷子的)一笔，一挥，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. [usu pl] 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。 4 [N-COUNT 可数名词]划水动作；划桨动作；(游泳或划船的)一次划水 When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars. [usu pl] 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。 5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]游泳姿势；游法 A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming. [usu sing] She spent hours practising the breast stroke. 她花了数小时练习蛙泳。 6 [N-COUNT 可数名词]钟声；鸣；敲 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。 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]击球(动作)；一击；一抽 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。 8 [N-SING 单数名词]一件(幸运的)事 A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens. [a N of n] It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. 天没下雨，结果成了件幸事。 9 [N-SING 单数名词](灵感的)突发；(天才的)一举 A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has. [a N of n] At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. 当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。 10 [PHRASE 短语]一下子；一举 If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action. [PHR after v] 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? 11 [PHRASE 短语]动一动；干一点 If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all. [with brd-neg] [emphasis] [INFORMAL 非正式] I never did a stroke of work at college. 我在上大学时懒得要命。

Stroke N Count 可数名词 I [Usu N Make Suddenly