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backstroke

noun
🔊/ˈbækstrəʊk/
🔊/ˈbækstrəʊk/
(British English also backcrawl)
[uncountable, singular]
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  1. a style of swimming in which you lie on your back仰泳
    • Can you do (the) backstroke?你会仰泳吗？
    • He won the 100 metres backstroke (= the race).他获得 100 米仰泳比赛冠军。🔊🔊
    Topics Sports: water sportsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryBackstroke is used before these nouns:
    • event
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