英语词汇“pulse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pulse¹

(pŭls)

1. The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck.

a. A regular or rhythmical beating.

b. A single beat or throb.

3. Physics

a. A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity: a pulse of current; a pulse of radiation.

b. Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity.

4. The perceptible emotions or sentiments of a group of people: "a man who had ... his finger on the pulse of America" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.)

v. pulsed, puls·ing, puls·es

v.intr.

1. To pulsate; beat: "The nation pulsed with music and proclamation, with rages and moral pretensions" (Lance Morrow).

2. Physics To undergo a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by brief, sudden changes in a quantity.

v.tr.

To chop in short bursts, as in a food processor: The cook pulsed the leeks and added some coriander.

Idiom:

take the pulse of

To judge the mood or views of (a political electorate, for example): The politician was able to take the pulse of the grass-roots voters.

[Middle English pous, puls, from Old French pous, pulz, from Latin pulsus, from past participle of pellere, to beat; see pel-⁵ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]

单词	pulse
释义	pulse¹ (pŭls) n. 1. The rhythmical throbbing of arteries produced by the regular contractions of the heart, especially as palpated at the wrist or in the neck. 2. a. A regular or rhythmical beating. b. A single beat or throb. 3. Physics a. A brief sudden change in a normally constant quantity: a pulse of current; a pulse of radiation. b. Any of a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by a brief sudden change in a quantity. 4. The perceptible emotions or sentiments of a group of people: "a man who had ... his finger on the pulse of America" (Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr.) v. pulsed, puls·ing, puls·es v.intr. 1. To pulsate; beat: "The nation pulsed with music and proclamation, with rages and moral pretensions" (Lance Morrow). 2. Physics To undergo a series of intermittent occurrences characterized by brief, sudden changes in a quantity. v.tr. To chop in short bursts, as in a food processor: The cook pulsed the leeks and added some coriander. *Idiom:* *take the pulse of* To judge the mood or views of (a political electorate, for example): The politician was able to take the pulse of the grass-roots voters. [Middle English pous, puls, from Old French pous, pulz, from Latin pulsus, from past participle of pellere, to beat; see pel-⁵ in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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