Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense pulses, present participle pulsing, past tense, past participle pulsed
1N-COUNT [usually singular]脉搏;脉动 Your pulse is the regular beating of blood through your body, which you can feel when you touch particular parts of your body, especially your wrist. 脉搏;脉动
Mahoney's pulse was racing, and he felt confused.
马奥尼脉搏跳得很快,他感到很慌乱。
2N-COUNT 拍子;节奏;(常指)鼓点 In music, a pulse is a regular beat, which is often produced by a drum. 拍子;节奏;(常指)鼓点
6N-PLURAL (可食用的)豆子 Some seeds which can be cooked and eaten are called pulses, for example peas, beans, and lentils. (可食用的)豆子
7PHRASE 保持消息灵通 If you have your finger on the pulse of something, you know all the latest opinions or developments concerning it. 保持消息灵通
He claims to have his finger on the pulse of the industry.
他声称该对行业了如指掌。
It's important to keep your finger on the pulse by reading all the right magazines.
通过阅读所有相关杂志而保持消息灵通是很重要的。
8PHRASE 测脉搏;把脉 When someone takes your pulse or feels your pulse, they find out how quickly your heart is beating by feeling the pulse in your wrist. 测脉搏;把脉
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PULSE | PULSE + VERB | PULSE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤fast, racing, rapid快速跳動的脈搏▸➤slow緩慢跳動的脈搏▸➤steady穩定的脈搏▸➤strong強脈搏▸➤faint, weak弱脈搏VERB + PULSE➤check, feel, take測脈搏;量脈搏◇Last time I took my pulse, it was a little fast.我上次量的脈搏有點兒快。➤check for, feel for檢查脈搏;摸脈搏◇She reached in through the driver's broken window and checked for a pulse.她從駕駛座破碎的車窗伸手進去檢查司機的脈搏。➤find感覺到脈搏➤have有脈搏◇The doctor felt to see if he had a pulse.醫生摸了摸看他是否有脈搏。➤quicken加快脈搏跳動◇There was little to quicken the pulse in his dull routine.枯燥乏味的日常工作中幾乎沒有什麼能激起他的熱情。PULSE + VERB➤beat脈搏跳動▸➤quicken, race脈搏加快/急速跳動◇She felt her pulse quicken as she recognized the voice.聽出是誰的聲音後,她感到自己的心跳加快了。➤slow脈搏變慢PULSE + NOUN➤rate脈搏率◇My at-rest pulse rate is usually about 80 beats per minute.我靜止時的脈搏率通常為每分鐘 80 次左右。