单词 | palpitating |
释义 | palpitatingadj. That palpitates; throbbing, quivering. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > pulsation > [adjective] > palpitating beating1702 palpitating1731 1731 J. Ralph Fall of Earl of Essex iii. i. 27 O could my Soul But stifle this unruly Flame, and bid My palpitating Heart be still, [etc.]. 1804 European Mag. Feb. 85 Sooner..Than I, to frenzy temulent, with love, False to its palpitating precepts prove. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlv. 498 ‘What do you mean?’ said Mrs. Bardell, with a palpitating heart. 1882 D. G. Rossetti Ballads & Sonnets 201 Some shadowy palpitating grove that bears Rest for man's eyes and music for his ears. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxix. 457 He had her in his power, as if she were a palpitating bird, a fluttering, flushing, bewildered creature. 1987 ‘B. Vine’ Fatal Inversion (BNC) 95 Adam drank very little these days. It nauseated him and wakened him in the night with a palpitating heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1731 |
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