pul·sate
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/ |
- [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.
灯光随着震耳欲聋的音乐而跳动。
- pulsating rhythms
- [intransitive] to be full of excitement or energy
洋溢，充满（激情或活力） - 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。
- a pulsating game
Word Originlate 18th cent. (earlier (Middle English) as pulsation): from Latin pulsat- ‘throbbed, pulsed’, from the verb pulsare, frequentative of pellere ‘to drive, beat’.