strokes
[st'roʊks]
n.
中风;
a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain.;
（游泳或划船的）划( stroke的名词复数 );
中风;
（打、击等的）一下;
（成功的）举动;
例句:
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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。
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Pa...would probably cane her..., just a few strokes.
来自B. Emecheta
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I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.
我转身向海里又游了几下。
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Apply the paint thickly in even strokes.
涂颜料要厚，笔画要匀。
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Only they don't really sound like The Strokes.
来自BBC
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More recent novels tend to use lighter brush strokes.
来自WSJ