- [countable]
an act of hitting a ball, for example with a bat or racket 击球（动作） What a beautiful stroke! 击球动作多漂亮呀！ 🔊🔊 He won by two strokes (= in golf, by taking two fewer strokes than his opponent). 他以少于对手两杆的成绩获胜。 🔊🔊 He played some powerful backhand strokes throughout the game. 比赛中他打出了几次有力的反手球。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fast
- quick
- slow
- …
- play
- by a stroke, two strokes, etc.
- a stroke, two strokes, etc. ahead
- a stroke, two strokes, etc. behind
- [countable]
a single movement of the arm when hitting somebody/something （打、击等的）一下，一击 - [countable] stroke (of something)
a single successful action or event （成功的）举动；（高明的）举措；（巧妙的）办法；（成功的）事情 Your idea was a stroke of genius. 你的主意很高明。 🔊🔊 It was a stroke of luck that I found you here. 我在这儿看见你纯属巧遇。 🔊🔊 It was a bold stroke to reveal the identity of the murderer on the first page. 在头版上披露谋杀犯的身份，这是一个大胆的举措。 🔊🔊 She never does a stroke (of work) (= never does any work). 她一向什么活儿都不干。 I had a sudden stroke of inspiration. 我忽然来了灵感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sudden
- have
- at a stroke
- at one stroke
- stroke of
- …
- a stroke of bad luck
- a stroke of fortune
- a stroke of good fortune
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
a sudden serious illness when a blood vessel (= tube) in the brain bursts (= breaks open) or is blocked, which can cause death or the loss of the ability to move or to speak clearly 脑卒中；中风 to have/suffer a stroke 患中风 The stroke left him partly paralysed. 他因中风身体局部瘫痪了。 🔊🔊 Smoking increases the risk of stroke. 吸烟会增加中风的风险。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc1She had a massive stroke and lost her speech. 她重度中风后就不能讲话了。 This regimen substantially reduces the risks of recurrent stroke. 这种养生法能极大降低中风复发的危险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- acute
- crippling
- debilitating
- …
- have
- suffer
- leave somebody…
- patient
- survivor
- victim
- …
- [countable]
any of a series of repeated movements in swimming or rowing 划水动作；划桨动作 She took a few more strokes to reach the bank. 她又划几下，游到了岸边。 🔊🔊 He swam with long powerful strokes. 他以长而有力的姿势游泳。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by waterc1You can't swim more than four strokes before you reach the other side. 划不了 4 下你就能游到对岸。 The Romanian rowers pulled ahead with fast, powerful strokes. 罗马尼亚划浆手以快速有力的划水占据了领先位置。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- swim
- swimming
- long
- …
- do
- swim
- [countable]
(often in compounds 常构成复合词 a style of swimming 游泳姿势 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- swim
- swimming
- long
- …
- do
- swim
- [countable]
the person who sets the speed at which everyone in a boat rows （指挥船上其他桨手的）尾桨手 - [countable, usually singular] (especially British English)
an act of moving your hand gently over a surface, usually several times 轻抚；抚摩 - [countable]
a mark made by moving a pen, brush, etc. once across a surface 一笔；一画；笔画 to paint with fine brush strokes 一小刷一小刷地刷漆 At the stroke of a pen (= by signing something) they removed thousands of people from the welfare system. 他们大笔一挥，就把成千上万的人排除在福利制度之外。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesShe caught his likeness with a few bold brush strokes. 她几笔粗线条就大体勾勒出了他的模样。 - (figurative)
I will outline in broad strokes our main ideas. 我将粗略概述一下我们的主要观点。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- long
- short
- broad
- …
- with a stroke of the pen
- [countable]
each of the sounds made by a clock or bell giving the hours 钟声；鸣；敲
hitting movement击打动作
action行动
illness疾病
in swimming/rowing游泳；划船
gentle touch抚摩
of pen/brush笔；刷子
of clock钟
Word OriginOld English strācian ‘caress lightly’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch streek ‘a stroke’, German streichen ‘to stroke’, also to strike. The earliest noun sense ‘blow’ is first recorded in Middle English.
Idioms
at a (single) stroke | at one stroke
put somebody off their stroke
- (British English)
to make somebody make a mistake or hesitate in what they are doing 扰乱某人；使某人乱了方寸 My speech was going well until I was put off my stroke by an interruption. 我的讲话进行得很顺利，直到我被打扰打断了。