Stroke

(noun.) a light touch with the hands.

(noun.) a single complete movement.

(noun.) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; 'it took two strokes to get out of the bunker'; 'a good shot requires good balance and tempo'; 'he left me an almost impossible shot'.

(noun.) any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing.

(noun.) a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; 'she applied the paint in careful strokes'.

(noun.) a light touch.

(noun.) the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew.

(noun.) (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club; 'Nicklaus won by three strokes'.

(noun.) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.

(verb.) treat gingerly or carefully; 'You have to stroke the boss'.

(verb.) strike a ball with a smooth blow.

(verb.) row at a particular rate.

(verb.) touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions; 'He stroked his long beard'.

录入:内德

• This was a very primitive device, requiring several minutes for the engine to make one stroke, but it was the beginning of the practical use of steam as a motive power. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• We have opened all the public-houses in the place, and left our adversary nothing but the beer-shops--masterly stroke of policy that, my dear Sir, eh? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• But no one knows so well as the Secretary, who opens and reads the letters, what a set is made at the man marked by a stroke of notoriety. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• That was a lucky stroke of hers about the child torn from her arms shrieking. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Granny had a slight stroke last night. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He was divided entirely between his spirit, which stood outside, and knew, and his body, that was a plunging, unconscious stroke of blood. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He watched me, still; he gently raised his hand to stroke my hair; it touched my lips in passing; I pressed it close, I paid it tribute. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The twelve strokes sounded, she grew docile, and would meekly lie down. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The pint-pots were great strokes of genius: but the milk-can was a perfect masterpiece. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• His warning voice was unheard, for the din which the knight himself occasioned by his strokes upon the postern would have drowned twenty war-trumpets. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• In the 4-cycle type of gas engines (Fig. 130)--the kind used in automobiles--the four strokes are as follows: 1. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The upright strokes in each indicate the number of the crew, and the bird represents a chief, The Kingfisher. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The average performance of the engines was 26 strokes per minute, and the number of revolutions of the screw in the same time was 138?. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• With one of these in his fingers, Sam approached the colt, stroked and patted, and seemed apparently busy in soothing his agitation. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• They lay there and he felt her heart beating against his and with the side of his foot he stroked very lightly against the side of hers. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• The Count stroked one of his white mice reflectively with his chubby little finger before he answered. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• I stroked her hair and patted her shoulder. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The old gentleman softly stroked the hair off her forehead, and, stooping down, he kissed her, saying, in a tone few people ever heard. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• She gently turned his head away, saying, as she stroked the wavy hair which had been allowed to grow for her sake--how touching that was, to be sure! 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• My lady's tongue is like the meadow blades, That cut you stroking them with idle hand. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But, on stroking her cheek in a caressing way soon after, he was almost shocked to find her face wet with tears. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• It will be an immense care for Jo, said Meg, stroking the head of her one all-absorbing son. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Yes: lively reading that was, said Mr. Ned Van Alstyne, stroking his moustache to hide the smile behind it. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• You know what you forbade me at the Maypoling, miss, murmured the lad, without looking at her, and still stroking the firedog's head. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• And so, under pretence of softening the previous outrage, of stroking and soothing me into placidity, you stick a sly penknife under my ear! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Rouncewell's is so great apparently, mutters the trooper, stroking his chin, that I have as good as half a mind to go back again. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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