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pacemaker

/peys-mey-ker/US // ˈpeɪsˌmeɪ kər //UK // (ˈpeɪsˌmeɪkə) //

整流器,整理器,整形器,整器

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : pacesetter.
    • : Medicine/Medical. an electronic device implanted beneath the skin for providing a normal heartbeat by electrical stimulation of the heart muscle, used in certain heart conditions.
    • : Anatomy, Physiology. any specialized tissue that governs a rhythmic or cyclic biological activity, as the sinoatrial node of the heart that controls heartbeat.

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Examples

  • He received a pacemaker after heart inflammation caused a dizzy spell during a Champions League game in 2019.

  • Medtronic, a medical device company, has been in hot water over the last couple of years because its pacemakers were getting hacked through their internet-based software updating systems.

  • In DBS, a neurosurgeon implants electrodes in the brain that attach to a “pacemaker” for the brain.

  • The inevitable result is that the shovels move with rhythmic precision, and the slowest man becomes the pacemaker for the rest.

  • Behind a rapidly spinning limousine pedalled a grotesquely humped bicyclist, using the car as a pacemaker.

  • Miami, which had clung tenaciously to second place, also under restraint, was now sent after the flying pacemaker with a will.

  • I'm not built for rapid work, but I guess I'll do with you for pacemaker.

  • Then one will come to grips with life, the pacemaker of style.