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pulsate

verb
🔊/pʌlˈseɪt/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they pulsate
🔊/pʌlˈseɪt/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪt/
he / she / it pulsates
🔊/pʌlˈseɪts/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪts/
past simple pulsated
🔊/pʌlˈseɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪtɪd/
past participle pulsated
🔊/pʌlˈseɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪtɪd/
-ing form pulsating
🔊/pʌlˈseɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈpʌlseɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to make strong regular movements or sounds有规律地跳动（或发声）；均匀震动；搏动
    • pulsating rhythms均匀的节奏
    • a pulsating headache阵阵的头痛
    • Lights were pulsating in the sky.天空有闪烁的光。🔊🔊
    • The lights were pulsating in time with the throbbing music.灯光随着音乐的颤动及时地跳动。
  2. [intransitive] to be full of excitement or energy洋溢，充满（激情或活力） synonym buzz
    • a pulsating game令人兴奋的游戏
    • pulsate with something The streets were pulsating with life.街上生机勃勃。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat- ‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere ‘to drive, beat’.