Level | B2 |
---|---|
Kind | noun |
Front | stroke |
IPA | /strəʊk / noun |
Back | vuruş, kulaç, kürek çekme |
Back 2 | stroke (noun) /strəʊk
/ noun
IN SWIMMING, ETC.
1 [countable]
one of the movements
that you make when you are swimming, rowing (=
in a boat), etc.
vuruş, kulaç,
kürek çekme
Woods won by three strokes.
2 [countable,
uncountable] [in compounds]
one of the styles of
swimming
yüzme
stili
I can do backstroke (sırtüstü
yüzme) and breaststroke, but not front crawl.
look at CRAWL2
WITH PEN/BRUSH
3 [countable]
one of the movements
that you make when you are writing or painting
darbe
a brush stroke
Some Chinese characters have more than
twenty strokes.
LUCK
4 [singular]
a
stroke of sth
a sudden successful
action or event
beklenmedik
iyi bir olay
It was a stroke of luck finding your
ring on the beach, wasn't it?
It took a stroke of genius to solve
the puzzle.
ILLNESS
5 [countable]
a sudden illness which
attacks the brain and can leave a person unable to move part of their body,
speak clearly, etc.
inme, felç
to have a stroke
IDIOMS
at
a/one stroke
with a single action
bir
çırpıda, bir hamlede
You can't change people's opinions at a
stroke.
not
do a stroke (of work)
to not do any work at
all
hiç
çalışmamak, elini bile kıpırdatmamak
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