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搏动,悸动,震动,有规律的鼓动

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pulsate \Pul"sate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pulsated}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Pulsating}.] [L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat,
   strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See
   {Pulse} a beating, and cf. {Pulse}, v.]
   To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart.

         The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate
         long after it is taken from the body.    --E. Darwin.

资料来源 : WordNet®

pulsate
     v 1: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically; "The
          baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon
          massaged it" [syn: {throb}, {pulse}]
     2: move with or as if with a regular alternating motion; "the
        city pulsated with music and excitement" [syn: {beat}, {quiver}]
     3: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form
        of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce
        pulses; "pulse waves"; "a transmitter pulsed by an
        electronic tube" [syn: {pulse}]