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j-stroke

/jey-strohk/US // ˈdʒeɪˌstroʊk //

J冲程

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stroke, made in the shape of the letter J, used to alter the course of the canoe, usually to compensate for drifting sideways.

Examples

  • I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

  • J Crew did not give back the money it incidentally made off of Mrs. Obama.

  • With every stroke, her leather boot creaked under the weight of her leg.

  • We live in a world where a J. Edgar Hoover biopic got made before a Martin Luther King Jr. one.

  • READ MORE: Shocking New Reveals From Sony Hack: J. Law, Pitt, Clooney, and Star Wars Which brings us to the inimitable Kanye West.

  • I was an Innkeeper, who loved to carouse; J was a Joiner, and built up a house.

  • Mais ce n'est pas de merveille; car, comme j'ay dict, ils sont enfans.

  • I hope the French Government will recognize this dashing stroke of d'Amade's by something more solid than a thank you.

  • Neantmoins le vieil Membertou, pere du malade, conceut asss l'affaire, et me promit qu'on s'arresteroit tout ce que j'en dirois.

  • She did shout for joy, as with a sweeping stroke or two she lifted her body to the surface of the water.