pacemaker
n
(a) (also `pace-setter) runner, rider or driver in a race who moves at a (usu fast) speed which others try to follow (速度赛中)定速度者(使其他参赛者跟从)
(fig 比喻) That firm was the pace-setter in car design for many years, ie introduced new ideas which were copied by others. 那家公司在汽车设计上多年来一直领先.
(b) electronic device placed on the heart to make weak or irregular heartbeats stronger or more regular (心脏)起搏器.
🏥 医学释义
心脏起搏器,心律器
🗣️ 情景例句
I got a bum deal.
我被骗了。
It is a great art to laugh at your own misfortune.
对己之不幸付之一笑,这是一门伟大的艺术。
It was not forced upon them by the survival competition; they could have caught and lived on prey without using poison, just as the thousands of non-poisonous snakes still do.