palpitate
verb /ˈpælpɪteɪt/
/ˈpælpɪteɪt/
[intransitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they palpitate | /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ /ˈpælpɪteɪt/ |
he / she / it palpitates | /ˈpælpɪteɪts/ /ˈpælpɪteɪts/ |
past simple palpitated | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ |
past participle palpitated | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪd/ |
-ing form palpitating | /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpælpɪteɪtɪŋ/ |
- (of the heart
) to beat rapidly and/or in an irregular way especially because of fear or excitement心脏 急速跳动,悸动(尤指因恐惧或兴奋) - He was aware of his palpitating heart.
他意识到自己的心跳。 - Her heart was palpitating wildly.
她的心在狂跳。
Collocations DictionaryPalpitate is used with these nouns as the subject:- heart
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin palpitat- ‘patted’, from the verb palpitare, frequentative of palpare ‘touch gently’. - He was aware of his palpitating heart.