单词 | pulsate |
释义 | pul·sate 1. < an artery pulsates > 2. < a pulsating population which expands and contracts with changes in religious beliefs — M.D.Brockie > < behind every line … pulsate the rhythms of the authors' hatred or contempt or scorn — L.O.Coxe > < the country is alive and pulsating with beauty — Alice Duncan-Kemp > < the river breeze pulsated warmly upward — Harriet La Barre > Synonyms: < the heart pulsating > < a motor pulsating > It is often used figuratively in reference to healthy or vigorous action or inspiration < great effort pulsating from the heart of this small island — Sir Winston Churchill > pulse applies to what flows or is thought of as flowing in a regular spurting rhythm < through the tensed veins on his forehead the blood could be seen to pulse in nervous, stacatto bounds — Donn Byrne > < a small fountain pulsed in the court — Harry Sylvester > < her excitement, that pulsed with interest and curiosity — Robert Hichens > beat is a nontechnical term for pulse or pulsate; it often applies to rhythmic motion with an audible effect < the beating of the patient's heart > < drums beating > throb indicates strong pulsation, often abnormally strong, sometimes as though caused and accompanied by passion or agitation < the planes' motors throbbed steadily, powerfully, on the field — Kay Boyle > < western Christendom throbbed to the news of the French Revolution — Stringfellow Barr > < the love which fills the letter, which throbs and burns in it, which speaks and argues in it — H.O.Taylor > palpitate applies to rapid throbbing or vibrating, sometimes quivering or fluttering < planet-ridden space, filled with the ether, palpitating with strange vibrations, like light and heat and wireless — W.E.Swinton > < the worshiper, palpitating emotionally after the performance of some anthem — A.T.Davison > |
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