英语词汇“stroke”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

strokestroke1 /stroʊk/ ●●○ noun [countable]

ETYMOLOGYstroke¹

Origin: 1200-1300 Probably from an unrecorded Old English strac

COLLOCATIONS► have/suffer a stroke

My father suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak.

1ILLNESS medicine an occasion when an artery (=tube carrying blood) in your brain suddenly bursts or becomes blocked: She died of a massive stroke.have/suffer a stroke My father suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak.2SWIMMING/ROWING a)one of a set of movements in swimming or rowing in which you move your arms or the oar forward and then back: She swam with strong steady strokes. b)a style of swimming or rowing: the back stroke3SPORTS a movement of the upper part of your body that you use to hit the ball in games such as tennis and golf: a backhand stroke4PEN/BRUSH a)a single movement of a pen or brush when you are writing or painting: He paints with a series of quick strokes. b)a line made by doing this: Some Chinese characters contain over 60 strokes. → see also brush stroke5a stroke of (good) luck/fortune something lucky that you did not expect to happen: Finding the key was a real stroke of luck.6a stroke of genius/inspiration etc. a very good idea about what to do to solve a problem: It was a stroke of genius to film the movie in Toronto.7with/at a stroke of the pen if you do something with a stroke of the pen, you do it by signing a piece of paper8at the stroke of seven/ten etc. at exactly seven o’clock, ten o’clock, etc.9a bold/master stroke something very brave or effective that someone does to achieve something10at a/one stroke (also with a/one stroke) with a single sudden action11a stroke of lightning a bright flash of lightning, especially one that hits something12HIT an action of hitting someone with something such as a whip or a thin stick13CLOCK/BELL a single sound made by a clock giving the hours, or by a bell, gong, etc. → see also different strokes (for different folks) at different (4)

noun | verb

strokestroke2 ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYstroke²

Origin: (1-2,4) Old English stracian (3) 1900-2000 ➔ STROKE¹

VERB TABLE

stroke

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	stroke
	he, she, it	strokes
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	stroked
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have stroked
	he, she, it	has stroked
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had stroked
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will stroke
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have stroked

Continuous Form
Present	I	am stroking
	he, she, it	is stroking
	you, we, they	are stroking
Past	I, he, she, it	was stroking
	you, we, they	were stroking
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been stroking
	he, she, it	has been stroking
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been stroking
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be stroking
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been stroking

COLLOCATIONS► stroke his ego

He expects his girlfriend to stroke his ego.

THESAURUSfeel► touch

to put your finger, hand, etc. on something or someone: Don’t touch that – the paint is still wet. He gently touched her hand and smiled.

► feel

to touch something with your fingers to find out about it: Feel this teddy bear – it’s so soft!

► handle

to touch something, pick it up, or hold or move it around in your hands: Please do not handle the merchandise.

► stroke

to move your hand gently over something: She stroked the baby’s face.

► rub

to move your hand or fingers over a surface while pressing it: Bill yawned and rubbed his eyes.

► scratch

to rub your nails on part of your skin: Try not to scratch those mosquito bites.

► pat

to touch someone or something lightly again and again, with your hand flat: He knelt down to pat the dog.

► pet

to touch and move your hand gently over an animal: Do you want to pet the cat?

► brush

to touch someone or something lightly as you pass by: Her hand brushed mine.

► caress

to gently move your hand over a part of someone’s body in a loving way: Miguel gently caressed her hair.

► tickle

to move your fingers lightly over someone’s body in order to make him/her laugh: Minna tickled the baby’s feet, and he gurgled.

to move your hand gently over something: She was sitting on the sofa, stroking her cat.► see thesaurus at touch12[always + adv./prep.] to move something somewhere with gentle movements of your hand: He gently stroked the hair from her eyes.3[always + adv./prep.] to hit a ball in tennis, baseball, golf, etc.4to say nice things to make someone feel good, especially because you want something from him or her SYN flatter: He expects his girlfriend to stroke his ego.