pulse

脈、脈拍

心臓の動きに合わせて、手首や首で感じられる血液の規則的な動き。

やさしい英語で： The regular movement of blood that you can feel at your wrist or neck as your heart beats.

• The nurse checked my pulse.
• I could feel a faint pulse at his wrist.
• She pressed two fingers against her neck to find her pulse.

類義語： heartbeat

よく使う表現： check someone's pulse, feel someone's pulse, weak pulse, strong pulse

脈拍数、心拍数

健康状態を調べるために測る、一分間の心臓の拍動の回数。

やさしい英語で： The number of times your heart beats in a minute, used to check your health.

• My pulse is seventy beats a minute.
• Exercise made her pulse rise quickly.
• The doctor measured his resting pulse before the test.

類義語： heart rate, pulse rate

よく使う表現： pulse rate, resting pulse, rapid pulse, take someone's pulse

拍動、鼓動

一回の拍動、または繰り返される拍動や動きの連なり。

やさしい英語で： One beat or a series of repeated beats or movements.

• I felt a single pulse beneath my fingers.
• Each pulse sent a little more blood through the tube.
• The machine made a series of slow pulses.

類義語： beat, throb

よく使う表現： a steady pulse, each pulse, rhythmic pulse

拍、ビート

手でたたいたり体を動かしたりして合わせられる、音楽の一定の拍。

やさしい英語で： The steady beat in music that you can follow by tapping or moving.

• Tap your foot to the pulse.
• The drums give the song a steady pulse.
• The dancers moved together, following the pulse of the music.

類義語： beat, rhythm

よく使う表現： steady pulse, musical pulse, pulse of music

活気、息吹

場所や集団、催しを生き生きと感じさせる勢いや活動。

やさしい英語で： The energy and activity of a place, group, or event that make it feel alive.

• You can feel the city's pulse here.
• The festival captures the pulse of local life.
• Busy markets and street musicians give this district its lively pulse.

使い方： the pulse of something (The market is a good place to feel the pulse of the city.)

類義語： heartbeat, vitality, energy

よく使う表現： pulse of something, city's pulse, urban pulse

生命感、感情の高まり

生きている実感や、強く湧き上がる感情。

やさしい英語で： A feeling of being alive or of strong emotion.

• A pulse of joy ran through her.
• He felt the pulse of life return after months of sadness.
• The memory brought a sudden pulse of emotion.

使い方： a pulse of something (She felt a pulse of hope when she heard his voice.)

類義語： surge, thrill

よく使う表現： pulse of life, pulse of excitement, pulse of emotion

脈打つ、鼓動する

一定のリズムで繰り返し打ったり動いたりする。

やさしい英語で： To beat or move with a regular, repeated rhythm.

• The lights pulsed slowly.
• Pain pulsed behind her eyes.
• The bass pulsed through the floor beneath our feet.

使い方： pulse through something (Music pulsed through the walls.); pulse with something (The room pulsed with music.)

類義語： beat, throb, pulsate

よく使う表現： pulse steadily, pulse with something, pulse through something, pulse rhythmically