n.[C]

1. 打，击，敲
2. （划船，游泳的）一划，划法；（网球等的）一抽，一击，打法
3. （钟的）敲声，鸣声
   We arrived at the airport on the stroke of six.

   我们六点整到达机场。

4. （写字，绘画的）一笔；笔触；（写作的）手法
   He paints with broad strokes.

   他用粗线条绘画。

5. 突来的一击，闪击
6. （病）突然发作；中风
   He had a stroke yesterday.

   他昨天中风了。

7. 一项工作；一次努力（的成果），一下子[S]
   He felled the tree with one stroke of the axe.

   他一斧头就将树砍倒。

8. （幸运等的）机缘，意想不到的事
   What a stroke of luck to meet you here!

   在这儿碰到你真是幸运！

9. （心脏的）跳动，脉搏

vt.

1. 画短线于
2. 勾销，删掉[（+out）]
   He stroked out your name on the list.

   他从名单上把你的名字划掉了。

3. 击，抽（球）

vt.

1. （用手）抚，摸，捋
   Tom likes stroking his beard.

   汤姆喜欢捋他的胡子。

n.

1. 抚，摸，捋[C]
   She felt the stroke of his hand on her hair.

   她感觉得到他的手在自己的头发上轻轻抚摸。

n.

1. an act of hitting:
   he received three strokes of the cane.
   ▸Golf  an act of hitting the ball with a club, as a unit of scoring.
   ▸a sound made by a striking clock.
2. a mark made by drawing a pen, pencil, or paintbrush once across paper or canvas.
   ▸a line forming part of a written or printed character.
   ▸a short diagonal line separating characters or figures.
3. an act of stroking.
4. one of a series of repeated movements.
   ▸the whole motion of a piston in either direction.
   ▸a style of moving the arms and legs in swimming.
   ▸the mode or action of moving the oar in rowing.
   ▸ (also stroke oar) the oarsman nearest the stern, setting the timing for the other rowers.
5. a sudden disabling attack or loss of consciousness caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain.

v.

1. move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface).
2. N. Amer. informal manipulate by means of flattery or persuasion.
3. act as the stroke of (a boat or crew).