Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat. [VERB noun]

卡拉正蜷缩在沙发上，一边吸着烟，一边轻抚着她的猫咪。

She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair. [VERB noun]

她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。

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。

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。

I turned and swam a few strokes further out to sea.

我转身向海里又游了几下。

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。

She spent hours practising the breast stroke.

她花了数小时练习蛙泳。

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。

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。

It didn't rain, which turned out to be a stroke of luck. [+ of]

天没下雨，结果成了件幸事。

At the time, his appointment seemed a stroke of genius. [+ of]

当时，对他的任命犹如神来之笔。

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。

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?

I never did a stroke of work at college.

我在上大学时懒得要命。