stroke /strәuk/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
• (n.) a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
• (n.) a light touch

Chinese translation

• n. 笔划, 打, 中风, 抚, 摩, 冲程
• vt. 划尾桨, 抚, 摩, 划去
• [计] 笔划

Word details

Part of speech

noun / verb

Pronunciation

/strәuk/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS · GRE

Frequency

Zipf 4.27 · Rare

Word forms

stroked, stroking, strokes

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