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单词 backstroke
释义

backstroke

[ bak-strohk ]
/ ˈbækˌstroʊk /

noun

a backhanded stroke.
Swimming. a stroke made while on one's back.
a blow or stroke in return; recoil.

verb (used without object), back·stroked, back·strok·ing.

Swimming. to swim the backstroke: She backstroked across the pool.

Origin of backstroke

First recorded in 1665–75; back2 + stroke1

Words nearby backstroke

backstory, back straight, backstrap loom, back street, backstretch, backstroke, backstroker, backswept, backswimmer, backswing, backsword
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Example sentences from the Web for backstroke

  • Watch her steal the show in the 100-meter backstroke Monday.

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  • "C" some distance to right of point but on level with "E." The backstroke of the latter nearly touches the point.

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  • Previously to this, the "backstroke" of the steamboat engine was either unknown or not generally known.

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  • A backstroke of Gino's oar, however, soon brought the side of the arrested boat to a flight of steps.

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British Dictionary definitions for backstroke

backstroke
/ (ˈbækˌstrəʊk) /

noun

Also called: back crawl swimming
  1. a stroke performed on the back, using backward circular strokes of each arm alternately and flipper movements of the feet
  2. (as modifier)the backstroke champion
a return stroke or blow
mainly US a backhanded stroke
bell-ringing the upward movement of the bell rope as the bell swings back and forthCompare handstroke

verb

(intr) to swim the backstroke
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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