If you stroke someone or something, you move your hand slowly and gently over them. [V n]
Carla, curled up on the sofa, was smoking a cigarette and stroking her cat…
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.
她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。