English Dictionary

short strokes

noun

(idiomatic, usually preceded by the) The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious. / (idiomatic) Bare essentials.

He painted the picture with short strokes.

意味（1）

(idiomatic, usually preceded by the) The final steps of an undertaking, especially one which has been lengthy or laborious.

He knows they are in the short strokes—it's almost over.

意味（2）

(idiomatic) Bare essentials.

She can evoke an entire scene in short strokes, as in this from The Wamsutter Wolf: This trailer was in ruins, broken-backed because its west end had slipped off the cinder-block supports. All the windows had been shot out.