プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
みゃく【脈】
1 〔脈搏〕the pulse
- 脈が速い［おそい］
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].
2 〔木の葉・昆虫の羽の〕a vein
3 ⇒こうみゃく(鉱脈)
- 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