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stroke /strǝƱk/ n

၁။ (sport) ရိုက်ချက်။ play a forehand stroke ❍ What a beautiful stroke! ❍ She won by two strokes (ie in golf, took two fewer strokes than her opponent).
၂။ (ကြိမ်ဒဏ် စသည်)ချက်။ His punishment was six strokes of the cane.
၃။ ခဲခြစ်ရာ။ စုတ်ချက်။ ကလောင်ဝင့်ချက်။ paint with bold/thick (brush) strokes ❍ be removed from the register with a stroke of the pen.
၄။ (နာရီ)ထိုးသံ။ At the first stroke, it will be exactly 9 o'clock. ❍ on the stroke of three (ie at 3.00 exactly).
၅။ (usu sing ) ပွတ်သပ်ခြင်း။ give the cat / one's beard a stroke.
၆။ (က) (တက်ဖြင့်) လှော်ချက်၊ ခတ်ချက်။ long, powerful strokes ❍ a fast/slow stroke (ie in rowing). (ခ) (esp in compounds) ရေကူးနည်း။ The butterfly is the only stroke I can't do. See also BACKSTROKE, BREAST-STROKE
၇။ ~ (of sth) အချက်။ ချက်။ Your idea was a stroke of genius! မင်းအကြံကတော့ ချက်တကယ်ပိုင် တာပဲ။ ❍ It was a stroke of luck that I found you here. ❍ We'll have to get rid of him—he never does a stroke (of work). သူ့ကိုတော့ ထုတ်ပစ်ရလိမ့်မယ်။ အလုပ်ဆို တစ်ချက် ကလေးမျှ မလုပ်ဘူး။ ❍ It was a bold stroke to reveal the identity of the murderer on the first page. See also MASTER-STROKE
၈။ (medical ) လေသင်တုန်းဖြတ်ခြင်း။ have/suffer a stroke ❍ The stroke left him partly paralysed. Compare APOPLEXY
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၁။ ပွတ်သပ်ပေးသည်။ stroke a pet/one's beard/sb's hand.
၂။ (approv ) (ဘောလုံးကို)ရိုက်သည်။ She stroked the ball past her opponent.
❏ at a/one stroke [IDM ] တစ်ချက်တည်းဖြင့်။ They threatened to cancel the whole project at a stroke.
❏ put sb off their stroke [IDM ] အရှိန်ပျက်သည်။ My speech went well until I was put off my stroke by an interruption.