throb

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throb1 /θrɒb $ θrɑːb/ verb (throbbed, throbbing) [intransitiveI]

1 HURT/CAUSE PAINif a part of your body throbs, you have a feeling of pain in it that regularly starts and stops 〔身体的某一部位〕抽痛

The back of my neck throbbed painfully.

我的后颈阵阵抽痛。

throb with

Her foot was throbbing with pain.

她的脚一阵阵地痛。

I woke up with a throbbing headache.

我醒来时脑袋阵阵作痛。

► see thesaurus at hurt

2 APMSOUNDif music or a machine throbs, it makes a low sound or vibration with a strong regular beat 〔音乐或机器〕有规律地颤动，震响

a throbbing bass line

有节奏的低音旋律

3. HBHEMOTIONALif your heart throbs, it beats faster or more strongly than usual 〔心脏急速强烈地〕跳动，搏动

4 if a place throbs with life, energy etc, it has a lot of life etc 生机勃勃；热闹

The river is throbbing with life.

这条河生机勃勃。

Examples from the Corpus

throb• That night in bed, her hip throbbed.• By late afternoon my head was throbbing, and I couldn't see straight.• He limped heavily, nursing his throbbing ankle.• Every morning I wake up with a throbbing headache.• For ever, for ever, for ever: the reverberation throbbed in his bones.• I felt a throbbing pain in my left shin, and pulled up my trouser leg to see what was causing it.• throbbing samba music

throbbing headache• As I write this, I have a throbbing headache.• He had a throbbing headache building, centred behind his nose and eyes.• Sunstroke fever, throbbing headache, red face, stupor.

throb2 (also throbbing) /ˈθrɒbɪŋ $ ˈθrɑː-/ noun [countableC]

SOUNDa low strong regular beat or sensation 颤动；震动；跳动

throb of

the throb of the engines

发动机的震动

a steady throb of pain

有规律的抽痛

→ heartthrob

Examples from the Corpus

throb• The engine of the big mechanical monster was ticking over with the deep throb of impatient, reined-in horsepower.• Detectable above the hubbub was the relentless throb of Christmas carols.• She allowed herself the luxury of screaming, and yelped as each stroke ignited a searing throb in her outraged fundament.• Now I could hear the throb of impatience in his voice as he waited for the curtain to go up.• He listened to the throb of the ship's generators, a noise he associated with every ship he had travelled on.• the throb of her beating heart• I'd get this throb all over my body.

Origin throb1

(1300-1400) Probably from the sound

throb1 verbthrob2 noun

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