| 单词 | stroke |
| 释义 | stroke (once / 154 pages) 1nv 2nv 3nv 4n 5n 6n It's a stroke of luck, or chance event, to find a terrific parking space on a rainy day, but no one feels lucky when their grandfather has a stroke, a sudden debilitating loss of oxygen to the brain. Stroke is a high value word — many meanings, yet rarely misunderstood in context. You can swim a certain stroke (or just doggie paddle), you can stroke a cat's fur, you can figuratively stroke your boss's ego by flattering him, or you can have a stroke of brilliance and solve world hunger. Hopefully you won't suffer a stroke and need hospitalization. Its origin as a medical term goes back to the 1500s when it was shortened from "the Stroke of God's Hand." WORD FAMILYstroke: stroked, strokes, stroking+/stroking: strokings USAGE EXAMPLESVuarnet died of a stroke, a statement by the committee said. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Vuarnet died of a stroke, a statement by the committee said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Mr Sadeghi's mother, who was also home at the time, reportedly suffered a stroke and later died. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a single complete movement Hypo|Hyper key stroke, keystroke the stroke of a key; one depression of a key on a keyboard beata stroke or blow bowa stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments blowa powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon backhandera backhanded blow clipa sharp slanting blow belt, knock, rap, whack, whangthe act of hitting vigorously thwacka hard blow with a flat object slap, smack, smackingthe act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand smackera very powerful blow with the fist knockdowna blow that knocks the opponent off his feet KO, kayo, knockouta blow that renders the opponent unconscious swata sharp blow lash, whip, whiplasha quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object biff, clout, lick, poke, punch, slug(boxing) a blow with the fist boxa blow with the hand (usually on the ear) boot, kick, kickingthe act of delivering a blow with the foot down-bowa downward stroke from the heel to the tip of the bow up-bowan upward stroke from the tip to the heel of the bow counterblowa return blow; a retaliatory blow swinga sweeping blow or stroke knife thrust, stab, thrusta strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument stingera sharp stinging blow thumpa heavy blow with the hand uppercuta swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin) hammer, hammering, pound, poundingthe act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) shota blow hard enough to cause injury wallopa severe blow motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 2n any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing Hypo|Hyper swimming stroke a method of moving the arms and legs to push against the water and propel the swimmer forward Australian crawl, crawl, front crawla swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick dog paddlean elementary swimming stroke imitating a swimming dog sidestrokea swimming stroke in which the arms move forward and backward while the legs do a scissors kick butterfly, butterfly strokea swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down breaststrokea swimming stroke; the arms are extended together in front of the head and swept back on either side accompanied by a frog kick backstrokea swimming stroke that resembles the crawl except the swimmer lies on his or her back treading watera stroke that keeps the head above water by thrashing the legs and arms locomotion, travel self-propelled movement 3n the maximum movement available to a pivoted or reciprocating piece by a cam Syn|Hypo|Hyper cam stroke, throw instroke the stroke of an engine piston moving away from the crankshaft outstrokethe stroke of an engine piston moving toward the crankshaft motion, movement a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something 4n a light touch Hyper touch, touching the event of something coming in contact with the body 5n a light touch with the hands Syn|Hypo|Hyper stroking caress a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it) touch, touching the act of putting two things together with no space between them 6v touch lightly and repeatedly, as with brushing motions He stroked his long beard Hypo|Hyper caress, fondle touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner lap, lickpass the tongue over pawtouch clumsily gropefondle for sexual pleasure dandlepet chuck, patpat or squeeze fondly or playfully, especially under the chin nose, nuzzlerub noses petstroke or caress gently tickletouch or stroke lightly tonguelick or explore with the tongue touch make physical contact with, come in contact with 7v treat gingerly or carefully 2You have to stroke the boss Hyper blandish, flatter praise somewhat dishonestly 1n (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 Syn|Hypo|Hyper shot break the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool cannon, caroma shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other masse, masse shota shot in billiards made by hitting the cue ball with the cue held nearly vertically; the cue ball spins around another ball before hitting the object ball miscuea faulty shot in billiards; the cue tip slips off the cue ball cut, undercut(sports) a stroke that puts reverse spin on the ball swipea sweeping stroke or blow tennis shot, tennis strokethe act of hitting a tennis ball with a tennis racket baseball swing, cut, swingin baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball golf shot, golf stroke, swingthe act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it returna tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player serve, service(sports) a stroke that puts the ball in play downswinga swing downward of a golf club fade, slice, slicinga golf shot that curves to the right for a right-handed golfer draw, hook, hookinga golf shot that curves to the left for a right-handed golfer drive, drivinghitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver explosiona golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball putt, puttinghitting a golf ball that is on the green using a putter approach, approach shota relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green sclaffa poor golf stroke in which the club head hits the ground before hitting the ball shanka poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball teeoffthe act of hitting a golf ball from the teeing ground at the start of each hole maneuver, manoeuvre, play a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill 2n (golf) the unit of scoring in golf is the act of hitting the ball with a club Nicklaus won by three strokes Hyper score a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest 3v strike a ball with a smooth blow 3Hyper hit, strike make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target 1n the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew Hyper oarsman, rower someone who rows a boat 2v row at a particular rate 4Hyper row propel with oars n a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain 5Syn|Hypo|Hyper CVA, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident ischaemic stroke, ischemic stroke the most common kind of stroke; caused by an interruption in the flow of blood to the brain (as from a clot blocking a blood vessel) haemorrhagic stroke, hemorrhagic strokestroke caused by the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain attack a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition 1n a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush she applied the paint in careful strokes Hypo|Hyper downstroke a stroke normally made in a downward direction upstrokea stroke normally made in an upward direction flicka short stroke underline, underscorea line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) mark, print a visible indication made on a surface 2n a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information 6Syn|Hyper diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, virgule punctuation, punctuation mark the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases n anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck Syn|Hypo|Hyper accident, chance event, fortuity hap an accidental happening break, good luck, happy chancean unexpected piece of good luck coincidence, happenstancean event that might have been arranged although it was really accidental lotterysomething that is regarded as a chance event happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent an event that happens |
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