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pulse

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Related topics: Human, Colours & sounds, Electrical
pulse1 /pʌls/ ●○○ noun  
1  heart 心脏 [countableC usually singular]HBH the regular beat that can be felt, for example at your wrist, as your heart pumps blood around your body 脉搏 → heartbeat
 His breathing was shallow and his pulse was weak.
他呼吸很浅，脉搏微弱。
take somebody’s pulse (=count the beats of their pulse, usually by feeling their wrist) 给某人把脉
check/feel somebody's pulse
 The doctor listened to his breathing and checked his pulse.
医生听他的呼吸并检查了他的脉搏。
find a pulse (=be able to feel a pulse, which shows that someone is alive) 找到脉搏
 I held his wrist, trying to find a pulse.
我抓住他的手腕，想找到脉搏。
 She felt his neck. There was no pulse.
她摸了摸他的颈部，没有脉搏。
pulse rate (=the number of beats that can be felt in a minute) 脉率
 If your pulse rate is between 90 and 100, it is likely that you are unfit.
如果你的脉率在90至100之间，那么你的身体状况可能有问题。
 Her pulse raced (=beat very quickly) with excitement.
她激动得脉搏急速跳动。
2  music 音乐 [countableC, uncountableU]CSOUND a strong regular beat in music 拍子；节奏；律动
 the distant pulse of a steel band
远处钢鼓乐队传来的鼓点声
3. sound/light/electricity 声/光/电 [countableC]TEE an amount of sound, light, or electricity that continues for a very short time 脉冲
4  feelings/opinions 感情/观点 [uncountableU] the ideas, feelings, or opinions that are most important to a particular group of people or have the greatest influence on them at a particular time 脉搏；心态
 Clinton had an uncanny ability to sense the pulse of the nation.
克林顿拥有洞察民众心态的神奇本领。
5. FOOD 食物pulses [plural]DF seeds such as beans, peas, and lentils that you can eat 豆子
→ have/keep your finger on the pulse at finger1(6)
n COLLOCATIONS
verbs
take somebody's pulse (=count the beats of their pulse)
Remember to take your pulse at intervals while you are exercising.
check/feel somebody's pulse
The nurse left the room after checking the girl's pulse.
feel for a pulse (=try to find and check someone's pulse)
I felt for a pulse, but I couldn't find one.
find a pulse (=be able to feel a pulse, which shows that someone is alive)
To her relief, she found a pulse.
somebody's pulse beats
His pulse began to beat with a fierce rhythm.
somebody's pulse races (=beats very quickly)
His long fingers brushed hers, sending her pulse racing.
somebody's pulse quickens (=starts to beat faster)
He heard a footfall in the passage outside and felt his pulse quicken.
adjectives
weak/faint
The boy's pulse was very weak.
strong
He's breathing better. The pulse is stronger too.
rapid/fast
Symptoms include a rapid pulse and dry skin.
slow
Her pulse was slow but steady.
normal
A normal pulse is between 70 and 90 beats a minute.
pulse + NOUN
pulse rate (=how fast your pulse beats)
The doctor checked my weight and pulse rate.
pulse beat
The rhythm was steady, as regular as a pulse beat.
Examples from the Corpus
pulse• But physicists believe a pulse of light-a group of massless waves-can.• Same with the second beam pulse - the one behind the first.• An electrical pulse sends the atom to the tip of the microscope needle.• The masters of noir are obvious influences on Nova; his prose races with a fast pulse.• Stock brokers with a feel for Hong Kong's financial pulse were worried.• Gingerly, Jack took his stepfather's wrist and felt the light fluttering of his pulse.• The man on the ground had no pulse.• The spectrum during this fraction 0.35 of the pulse period can be fitted with a power law with in MeV.• the pulse of steel drums in the parks• Take your pulse in the same way that you calculated your resting pulse rate earlier.• Then up again, all in oxygen so thin that your pulse rate is 50 percent higher.
find a pulse• If you can not find a pulse, you must begin chest compression, also known as heart massage.• Practise on your own child since it is often difficult to find a pulse in an emergency.• He pulled the heavy leather of her flying jacket from her arm and tried to find a pulse.• Doctors had been unable to find a pulse as they hurried to their next Medicash-insured mugging victim.
pulse2 verb  
1  [intransitiveI]MOVE/CHANGE POSITION to move or flow with a steady quick beat or sound 搏动；跳动；震动
 She felt the blood pulsing through her veins.
她觉得血液冲击着自己的血管。
 Colored lights pulsed in time to the music.
彩灯随着音乐节拍闪动。
2  [intransitiveI]EMOTIONAL if a feeling or emotion pulses through someone, they feel it very strongly 〔感情等〕洋溢，充满
pulse through
 Excitement pulsed through the crowd.
兴奋情绪传遍了人群。
3  [intransitiveI, transitiveT] to push a button on a food processor to make the machine go on and off regularly, rather than work continuously 点动（食物搅拌机）
 Pulse several times until the mixture looks like oatmeal.
点动数次，直到混合物看上去和燕麦粉差不多。
Examples from the Corpus
pulse• But on the biosensor display the languidly pulsing curves had begun to change their tempo.• He was paralysed with the pain of the wound which pulsed in time to his heartbeat.• I could feel the pulsing of veins that usually precedes entry into a forbidden, private realm.• The foundation organized thousands of town meetings around the country to pulse people on public policy issues and possible solutions.• Closing his eyes momentarily, he felt a rush of ecstasy pulsing through his body.• Meredith's mouth felt dry from the waves of sheer sensuality pulsing towards her.• Often you can feel the brake pedal pulsing when the ABS system is operating.
Origin pulse1
1. (1300-1400) Old French pouls, from Latin pulsus “beating”, past participle of pellere “to hit”
2. (1200-1300) Old French pouls “porridge”, from Latin puls
pulse1 noun →n COLLOCATIONS1pulse2 verb
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