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pulse

B2 noun

Các nghĩa

  1. mạch

    A normally regular beat felt when arteries near the skin (for example, at the neck or wrist) are depressed, caused by the heart pumping blood through them; the qualitative nature of this beat.

    Her pulse was thready and weak.

  2. cây họ đậu

    The rate of this beat as an indication of a person's health.

    broadly · metonymically

    Her pulse was 110 at 8 a.m.

  3. hạt đậu

    A beat or throb; also, a repeated sequence of such beats or throbs.

    figuratively

  4. The focus of energy or vigour of an activity, place, or thing; also, the feeling of bustle, busyness, or energy in a place; the heartbeat.

    figuratively

    You can really feel the pulse of the city in this district.

  5. An (increased) amount of a substance (such as a drug or an isotopic label) given over a short time.

  6. A setting on a food processor which causes it to work in a series of short bursts rather than continuously, in order to break up ingredients without liquidizing them; also, a use of this setting.

    attributive

  7. The beat or tactus of a piece of music or verse; also, a repeated sequence of such beats.

  8. A brief burst of electromagnetic energy, such as light, radio waves, etc.

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