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VERB
輕撫;撫摩
If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
例句
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat...
卡拉正蜷縮在沙發上，一邊吸著煙，一邊輕撫著她的貓咪。
She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
她走上前擁抱他并輕撫他凌亂的白發。
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中風;腦卒中
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.
例句
He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
他 1987 年曾患輕度中風，之后就半身不遂了。
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(鉛筆、刷子的)一筆，一揮，筆畫
The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
例句
Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
用鉛筆向上短短地勾畫幾道來填充空白。
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劃水動作;劃槳動作;(游泳或劃船的)一次劃水
When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
例句
I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea...
我轉身向海里又游了幾下。
The boatmen accompany the stroke of their oars with the sound of their voices.
船夫們一邊劃槳一邊喊號子。
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游泳姿勢;游法
A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.
例句
She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
她花了數小時練習蛙泳。
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鐘聲;鳴;敲
The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
例句
On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
12 點的鐘聲剛敲響，焰火便在夜空中綻放。
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擊球(動作);一擊;一抽
In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball.
例句
Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
康普頓一會將球打到這里，一會打到那里，每一拍的落點都不同。
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N-SING
一件(幸運的)事
A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
例句
It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
天沒下雨，結果成了件幸事。
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N-SING
(靈感的)突發;(天才的)一舉
A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
例句
At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
當時，對他的任命猶如神來之筆。
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PHRASE
一下子;一舉
If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
例句
The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke...
該疾病一下子就使 4,000 萬只兔子喪命。
How can Britain reduce its prison population in one stroke?
英國如何能一下子減少其監獄服刑人數?
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PHRASE
動一動;干一點
If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
例句
I never did a stroke of work at college.
我在上大學時懶得要命。