stroke/strəʊk/

n C

1. 中风

• suffer a stroke 患中风

• He was paralyzed by a severe stroke. 严重的中风使他瘫痪。

2. 游泳姿势；一次划桨

• do the breast stroke 进行蛙泳

• He rows with a strong stroke. 他划桨很有力。

3. 抽；击；打击

• He cried out at each stroke of whip. 鞭子每抽一下，他就大喊一声。

• kill sb. with one stroke of a sword 一剑劈死某人

4. 击(球)；打法

• learn to play the basic backhand strokes 学习基本的反手击球法

• a forehand stroke 正手击球

5. (时钟的)敲；鸣

• on the stroke of twelve 钟敲12点

6. 笔划；(书写或绘画的)一笔

• with a stroke of the pen 用笔一挥

• thick strokes 粗笔划

7. 英 斜线号

8. (一次)幸运(或突发)的事件

• have a stroke of good luck 交了一次好运

• Various strokes of misfortune led to his ruin. 他遭遇诸多不幸而一蹶不振。

词组at a (或one) stroke 一下子，一举

• The price rose by 50% at a stroke. 价格一下子涨了50%。

not do a stroke (of work) 非正式 什么工作都不做

• We'll have to fire him--he never does a stroke. 我们得把他辞退；他什么活儿都不干。

on the stroke 准时地，守时地

• arrive on the stroke 准时到达

put sb. off his stroke 非正式 打扰某人；干扰某人的工作进度 with a(或the) stroke of a pen 大笔一挥

• With a stroke of his pen, I was out of the company. 他大笔一挥，我就被公司开除了。