单词 | pulsate |
释义 | pulsate (once / 2638 pages) v Things that pulsate throb with a regular, rhythmic beat — like the piped-in music at a trendy discotheque. Music can pulsate, electromagnetic waves can pulsate, and your head can pulsate when you have a splitting headache. When someone takes your pulse by placing fingers on the inside of your wrist or on your neck, they're counting your heartbeats by feeling the blood pulsate through your arteries. WORD FAMILYpulsate: pulsated, pulsates, pulsating, pulsation+/pulsation: pulsations/pulse: pulsate, pulsed, pulseless, pulses, pulsing/pulsing: pulsings USAGE EXAMPLESHis shows included orbs of rhythmically pulsating light. Seattle Times(Dec 06, 2016) Ireland won a pulsating Test against Australia to clinch victories over the 'big three' southern hemisphere teams in the same year for the first time. BBC(Nov 26, 2016) A pulsating video tunnel of LED lights emulating the Aurora Borealis is believed to be the largest of its type in Europe, organisers say. BBC(Nov 26, 2016) 1v expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it Syn|Hyper pulse, throb beat, quiver move with or as if with a regular alternating motion beat, pound, thump move rhythmically 2v move with or as if with a regular alternating motion the city pulsated with music and excitement Syn|Hyper beat, quiver pulse, throb expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 3v produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses Syn|Hyper pulse create, make, produce create or manufacture a man-made product |
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