pulsate

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1 SHAKESOUNDto make sounds or movements that are strong and regular like a heart beating 有规律地振动，脉动

I could see the veins in his neck pulsating.

我看到他颈部的血管在跳动。

pulsating music

律动的音乐

2 literaryEFFECT/INFLUENCE to be strongly affected by a powerful emotion or feeling 受震动；激动

pulsate with

The whole city seemed to pulsate with excitement.

似乎整个城市都激动不已。

Examples from the Corpus

pulsate• Marley's mellow reggae music pulsates from the speakers.• Lava lamps adorned the stage, while watery, pulsating lights flashed behind them.• Between these, a hundred jellyfish as delicate and as translucent as rose petals pulsate like butterflies.• The thumping, pulsating music shook the kitchen walls.• The phone carried vibrations from the stereo, pulsating rhythms and those fake Milli Vanilli voices.• It was a harrowing din, a cascade of furious voices merged into a single pulsating shout.

Origin pulsate

(1700-1800) Latin past participle of pulsare, from pulsus; → PULSE1

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TOEFL BNC: 20951 COCA: 19837

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