Stroke

[strəʊk] or [strok]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

錄入:内德--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(imp.) Struck.

(v. t.) The act of striking; a blow; a hit; a knock; esp., a violent or hostile attack made with the arm or hand, or with an instrument or weapon.

(v. t.) The result of effect of a striking; injury or affliction; soreness.

(v. t.) The striking of the clock to tell the hour.

(v. t.) A gentle, caressing touch or movement upon something; a stroking.

(v. t.) A mark or dash in writing or printing; a line; the touch of a pen or pencil; as, an up stroke; a firm stroke.

(v. t.) Hence, by extension, an addition or amandment to a written composition; a touch; as, to give some finishing strokes to an essay.

(v. t.) A sudden attack of disease; especially, a fatal attack; a severe disaster; any affliction or calamity, especially a sudden one; as, a stroke of apoplexy; the stroke of death.

(v. t.) A throb or beat, as of the heart.

(v. t.) One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished; as, the stroke of a bird's wing in flying, or an oar in rowing, of a skater, swimmer, etc.

(v. t.) The rate of succession of stroke; as, a quick stroke.

(v. t.) The oar nearest the stern of a boat, by which the other oars are guided; -- called also stroke oar.

(v. t.) The rower who pulls the stroke oar; the strokesman.

(v. t.) A powerful or sudden effort by which something is done, produced, or accomplished; also, something done or accomplished by such an effort; as, a stroke of genius; a stroke of business; a master stroke of policy.

(v. t.) The movement, in either direction, of the piston plunger, piston rod, crosshead, etc., as of a steam engine or a pump, in which these parts have a reciprocating motion; as, the forward stroke of a piston; also, the entire distance passed through, as by a piston, in such a movement; as, the piston is at half stroke.

(v. t.) Power; influence.

(v. t.) Appetite.

(v. t.) To strike.

(v. t.) To rib gently in one direction; especially, to pass the hand gently over by way of expressing kindness or tenderness; to caress; to soothe.

(v. t.) To make smooth by rubbing.

(v. t.) To give a finely fluted surface to.

(v. t.) To row the stroke oar of; as, to stroke a boat.

手打:索菲

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Blow, knock, rap, pat, hit, thump.[2]. Attack, shock.[3]. Affliction, reverse, calamity, hardship, misfortune, visitation.[4]. Touch, dash, sudden effort, sudden effect.

v. a. Rub gently (with the hands, in one direction).

手打:瓦内萨

解釋/意思:

n. a blow: a sudden attack: calamity: the sound of a clock: a dash in writing: the sweep of an oar in rowing the aftmost oar of a boat: the movement of the piston of a steam-engine: the touch of a pen or pencil: any characteristic feature: an effective action a feat a masterly effort: a mental act the action of any faculty of the mind.—v.t. and v.i. to act as stroke for to row the stroke-oar of a boat.—n. Stroke′-oar the aftmost oar in a boat or its rower whose stroke leads the rest.

v.t. to rub gently in one direction: to rub gently in kindness.—ns. Strōk′er; Strōk′ing.

obsolete pa.p. of strike.

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