プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
みゃく【脈】
❶〔脈搏〕the pulse
脈が速い[遅い]
The pulse is quick [slow].
平[不整]脈
「a regular [an irregular] pulse
この患者の脈は弱い
This patient has a weak [feeble] pulse.
平常の脈は74である
My normal pulse rate is 74.
脈をとる
take [feel] a person's pulse
心臓が脈を打っている
The heart is beating [throbbing].
❷〔木の葉・昆虫の羽の〕a vein
脈がある
彼の前途はまだ脈がある
His future is still hopeful./There is still some hope for his future.
もう脈がない
It is hopeless now.
脈のある事業
a promising business
彼女のあの態度は僕に脈がある証拠だ
Her attitude shows that 「I may still hope [there is still hope for me].
脈圧計
a sphygmomanometer