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throb

/throb/US // θrɒb //UK // (θrɒb) //

悸动,跳动,搏动,抽动

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    throbbed, throb·bing.

    • : to beat with increased force or rapidity, as the heart under the influence of emotion or excitement; palpitate.
    • : to feel or exhibit emotion: He throbbed at the happy thought.
    • : to pulsate; vibrate: The cello throbbed.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act of throbbing.
    • : a violent beat or pulsation, as of the heart.
    • : any pulsation or vibration: the throb of engines.

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Examples

  • Indeed, Solms shows how throbs of pleasure and pain guide our interactions with the world, making it possible for us to navigate a sea of uncertainty.

  • Fame came with ER in the mid-1990s and Clooney's role as heart-throb doctor Doug Ross.

  • No, it is not Ebola, though the throb of coverage would have it seem so.

  • But this time, with all his cunning and perspiration, he could not induce another throb in the tired engines.

  • Could your millions, tea-king, buy for me a sweeter music than the valley's heart throb as it rocks itself to sleep?

  • Winston felt his pulses throb faster, for the girl's unabated confidence stirred him, but he looked at her gravely.

  • The next moment the engine began to throb regularly, and the blades of the propeller whirled.

  • Kari stood and a quiver ran through his muscles and I could see his body throb.