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单词 pulsate
释义 pul·sate
\ˈpəlˌsāt chiefly Brit ˌ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷, usu -ād.+V\ intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Latin pulsatus, past participle of pulsare to beat, strike — more at push
1. : to exhibit a pulse : beat
 < an artery pulsates >
2. : to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate especially with life, activity, feeling
 < 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:
 pulse, beat, throb, palpitate: pulsate suggests a rhythmic regular movement, typically that of the heart in alternate dilation and constriction
  < 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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