stroking

1. VERB 轻抚;抚摩
   If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them.
   1. Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat...
      卡拉正蜷缩在沙发上，一边吸着烟，一边轻抚着她的猫咪。
   2. She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
      她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。
2. N-COUNT 中风;脑卒中
   If someone has a stroke, a blood vessel in their brain bursts or becomes blocked, which may kill them or make them unable to move one side of their body.
   1. He had a minor stroke in 1987, which left him partly paralysed.
      他 1987 年曾患轻度中风，之后就半身不遂了。
3. N-COUNT (铅笔、刷子的)一笔，一挥，笔画
   The strokes of a pen or brush are the movements or marks that you make with it when you are writing or painting.
   1. Fill in gaps by using short, upward strokes of the pencil.
      用铅笔向上短短地勾画几道来填充空白。
4. N-COUNT 划水动作;划桨动作;(游泳或划船的)一次划水
   When you are swimming or rowing, your strokes are the repeated movements that you make with your arms or the oars.
   1. I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea...
      我转身向海里又游了几下。
   2. The boatmen accompany the stroke of their oars with the sound of their voices.
      船夫们一边划桨一边喊号子。
5. N-COUNT 游泳姿势;游法
   A swimming stroke is a particular style or method of swimming.
   1. She spent hours practising the breast stroke.
      她花了数小时练习蛙泳。
6. N-COUNT 钟声;鸣;敲
   The strokes of a clock are the sounds that indicate each hour.
   1. On the stroke of 12, fireworks suddenly exploded into the night.
      12 点的钟声刚敲响，焰火便在夜空中绽放。
7. N-COUNT 击球(动作);一击;一抽
   In sports such as tennis, baseball, cricket, and golf, a stroke is the action of hitting the ball.
   1. Compton was sending the ball here, there, and everywhere with each stroke.
      康普顿一会将球打到这里，一会打到那里，每一拍的落点都不同。
8. N-SING 一件(幸运的)事
   A stroke of luck or good fortune is something lucky that happens.
   1. It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck.
      天没下雨，结果成了件幸事。
9. N-SING (灵感的)突发;(天才的)一举
   A stroke of genius or inspiration is a very good idea that someone suddenly has.
   1. At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius.
      当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。
10. PHRASE 一下子;一举
    If something happens at a stroke or in one stroke, it happens suddenly and completely because of one single action.
    1. The disease wiped out 40 million rabbits at a stroke...
       该疾病一下子就使 4,000 万只兔子丧命。
    2. How can Britain reduce its prison population in one stroke?
       英国如何能一下子减少其监狱服刑人数?
11. PHRASE 动一动;干一点
    If someone does not do a stroke of work, they are very lazy and do no work at all.
    1. I never did a stroke of work at college.
       我在上大学时懒得要命。

1. Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat
   卡拉正蜷缩在沙发上，一边吸着烟，一边轻抚着她的猫咪。
2. She kept on stroking her braids.
   她不停地抚弄辫子。
3. "Just once, I'd like to feel the warmth of a hand stroking my head," said the old dog.
   “就一次，我想感受一下一只温暖的手抚摸我头的感觉，”老狗说。
4. One was stroking, and the other was gliding.
   他们一个在划水，另一个在滑行。
5. That method sets the slider's value and moves the knob accordingly, subsequently filling and stroking the knob.
   该方法设置滑块的值并以此移动旋钮，随后填充和描绘旋钮。
6. So far, we have only talked about stroking paths.
   到目前为止，我们只谈到了笔画路径。
7. Keep physically intimate-even when you` re too tired-by kissing, stroking and cuddling.
   要保持身体上的亲密即使你真的很累可以亲吻、爱抚、拥抱。
8. But once the stroking starts, you cannot stop: He will be needy, moody, demanding.
   但是一旦开始了安抚，你就无法停止：他会要这要那，喜怒无常，强人所难。
9. Then stroking my hair that it does not matter even if all people do not believe you, you and me both.
   然后抚着我的头发说没关系就算所有的人都不相信你你都还有我。
10. When I began stroking first with my right hand, I also took my first breath as I did.
    当我开始用右手作起始划水时，同时和以前一样我也做第一次呼吸。
11. Groups require stroking and nurture and attention.
    小组需要安抚、培育和关心。
12. He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
    他利利索索地折上剃胡刀，用手指的触须抚摩着光滑的皮肤。
13. I sat in your arms under the eaves, stroking my pain, to coax me to sleep humming a nursery, a pair of bright big eyes watching me with deep feeling, that feeling of concern love.
    是您搂着我坐在屋檐下，轻抚着我的疼，哼着儿歌哄我入睡，一对明亮的大眼深情地注视着我，那关切疼爱之情溢于言表。
14. She has a trick of stroking her hair at the temple before speaking.
    她有个说话先理头发的习惯。
15. Tom likes stroking his beard.
    汤姆喜欢捋他的胡子。
16. Holding my hand, and stroking it gently with your finger and thumb, you touched in me another world.
    握着我的手，你指尖那轻轻抚摩，将我带入了另一个世界。
17. Do not practice in the form of stroking two balls in the fairway.
    请毋在球道内以击打两个球的形式进行练习。
18. No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it.
    谁都不能抚摸一只老虎就使它驯服得像一只小猫。
19. He wiggled his toes while stroking.
    他边蹬车子边活动着脚趾。
20. To soothe, as by stroking; pacify.
    安抚，使温和：受打击时安慰；使平静。
21. Automatic system of wrapping package, cutting film, stroking smoothly.
    产品说明：全自动裹包、切膜、抚平系统。
22. So imagine, if you will, that I'm stroking your arm with this feather, as I'm stroking my arm right now.
    如果你愿意，想像一下，我正用这个羽毛轻抚你的手臂，就像我现在轻抚自己手臂一样。
23. Another dreamt her aged and unappealing CEO leant over during a coach trip and started stroking her calf.
    另一位朋友则梦到，在一次乘车旅行中，那位年纪老迈、毫无吸引力的首席执行官弯下身，开始抚摸她的小腿。
24. Many times I watched her rock Jessica, stroking her hair.
    很多次我看见她摇晃着杰西卡，抚摸着她的头发。
25. The man went up to the cat and started stroking it.
    那人走到猫跟前开始抚摩它。
26. My words rained over you, stroking you.
    我的话语如大雨淋在你身上，轻抚你。
27. But that two hands, stroking my hair, I feel the deep love and ask, so I was ashamed and warm in another step toward life.
    可那两双手抚摸着我的头发，让我感受到浓浓的爱和责问，于是我在惭愧和温馨中迈出人生又一步。
28. Your tender, need my stroking, you will be more colorful;
    你的柔嫩，需要我的轻抚，你才会更加绚丽多彩；
29. When stroking first with my left hand, from a position tipped onto my right side, I was able to tap only the power in my left arm and shoulder for that first stroke.
    当我用左手起始划水时，从我身体右侧的一个基点，我能够将力量全部用在左臂和左肩部。

noun

1. a light touch with the hands

   Synonym:    stroke