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1 ♦ stroke
♦ stroke (1) /strəʊk/n.1 colpo ( anche fig.); botta; percossa: with a stroke of the hammer, con un colpo di martello; strokes of the birch, colpi di verga; vergate; sword stroke, colpo di spada; a stroke of luck, un colpo di fortuna; master stroke, colpo da maestro; stroke of genius, idea geniale; lampo di genio2 tratto ( di penna, ecc.); asta ( di scrittura): with a stroke of the pen, con un tratto di penna; thin strokes, aste sottili3 colpo di pennello; pennellata: He dashed off the portrait with a few bold strokes, ha buttato giù il ritratto con poche, sicure pennellate6 (med.) colpo apoplettico; colpo (fam.); accidente (fam.); apoplessia; ictus (apoplettico) cerebrale: The old man suffered a stroke, al vecchio è venuto un colpo7 (fam.) azione ostile; attacco; brutto tiro: to pull a stroke, fare un tiro mancino; fare uno scherzo da prete (fam.)8 (fig.) quantità soddisfacente; (un) po' di: He hasn't done a stroke of work up to now, finora non ha fatto neanche un po' di lavoro9 (fig.) buon colpo; mossa azzeccata; buona mossa10 suono ( dell'orologio); il battere dell'ora; rintocco; (fig.) lo scadere: on the stroke of midnight, al rintocco della mezzanotte; ( calcio, ecc.) on the stroke of half time, allo scadere del primo tempo11 ( baseball, cricket, golf, tennis, ecc.) colpo; giocata: I won the golf round by three strokes, vinsi la partita di golf per tre colpi; ( golf) approach stroke, colpo di approccio ( alla buca)13 ( canottaggio) colpo di remo; palata; vogata; voga: ( di un armo) to row under 40 strokes, essere sotto i 40 colpi ( al minuto); to row a fast stroke, tenere una buona vogata; to row a long stroke, fare la voga lunga; vogare lungo15 (mecc.) corsa ( del pistone); tempo ( del motore): a four-stroke engine, un motore a quattro tempi● ( canottaggio) stroke oar, capovoga □ a stroke of lightning (o a lightning stroke), un fulmine □ a stroke of wit, una battuta spiritosa □ ( canottaggio) stroke rate, numero di colpi; ritmo delle battute; cadenza ( di un nuotatore) □ ( baseball, cricket) stroke selection, scelta dei colpi ( da parte del battitore) □ ( canottaggio) stroke timer, contacolpi □ at a stroke, d'un tratto; di botto □ a good stroke of business, un buon affare; un affarone; un bel colpo □ (naut.) to keep stroke, vogare in cadenza; tenere il tempo □ (fig. fam.) to be off one's stroke, essere giù di forma □ on the stroke, puntualmente; in perfetto orario.stroke (2) /strəʊk/n.carezza; lisciata; lisciatina● ( USA, fam.) stroke magazine, rivista pornografica.(to) stroke (1) /strəʊk/A v. i. ( canottaggio)B v. t.(to) stroke (2) /strəʊk/v. t.1 lisciare; accarezzare; passare la mano su: The girl was stroking the cat, la ragazza accarezzava il gatto● (fig.) to stroke sb. down, lisciare q.; cercare di rabbonire q. □ (fig.) to stroke sb. the wrong way, prendere q. per il verso sbagliato.
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