誰能幫我翻譯一下stokes的意思阿?

這是一句諺語 不過stoke 這個字應該是 strokes 我從中文的網站上查到的
Little stokes fell great oaks.
(鐵杵磨成繡花針。)
(斧頭的)小小一擊，能砍倒大橡樹)，這句諺語是說，只要堅持便能達成偉大的目標。Little stokes最後的一個音與fell great oaks最後的一個音押韻，是此諺語能流傳久遠的秘訣。
但是從英文網站查到的是



Little strokes fell great oaks







Limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats. This proverb is found in Poor Richard’s Almanack, by Benjamin Franklin
我覺得中文網站上可能typo. 我查過幾個英文網站 都用 strokes

有上下文比較能知道確切的意思或是否拼錯字。

有可能是　strokes 筆劃　
http://tw.dictionary.yahoo.com/search?ei=UTF-8&p=stroke



2009-02-03 17:15:21 補充：
Little stokes fell great oaks 小火弄倒大的橡樹

中國有句話 : 星星之火 可以燎原 (一點點火足以燃燒整個草原 )

Little 小的

stokes 火

fell 弄倒 fell是fall(弄倒)的過去式

great 大的

oaks 橡樹

stoke Show phonetics
verb [I or T] (ALSO stoke up)
1 to add fuel to a large enclosed fire and move the fuel around with a stick so that it burns well and produces a lot of heat:
Once the fire had been stoked up, the room began to get warm.

2 to encourage bad ideas or feelings in a lot of people:
He's been accused of stoking up racial hatred in the region.
Rumours of an emergency meeting of the finance ministers stoked the atmosphere of crisis.
以上資料取自CambridgeDictionaries on line
. (及物動詞 transitive verb)
添加燃料撥旺(爐火);燒火
vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)
燒火,司爐
【口】狼吞虎嚥地吃
以上初自Yahoo字典
stoke只作動詞用
您的stokes應是第三人稱單數
還是您拼錯字?