also pace-maker, 1884, originally a rider or boat that sets the pace for others in training. Meaning "the node of the heart which determines the beat rate" is from 1910; sense of "man-made device for stimulating and regulating heartbeat" is from 1951. From pace (n.) + maker.
例句
1. She was fitted with a pacemaker after suffering serious heart trouble. 她患上严重的心脏病后安装了心脏起搏器。
2. Bradycardia, if persistent, should be controlled by the insertion of a pacemaker as soon as possible. 如果持续出现心动过缓, 应尽快使用起搏器.
3. Won't i need a pacemaker or a permanent internal defibrillator? 我不需要个心脏起博器或是内部的永久去纤颤器?
4. What is embedded type is divided automatically quiver pacemaker? 什么是埋入式自动除颤起搏器?
5. He had a pacemaker implanted in his heart in November 2000. 他曾于二000年十一月心脏装置了一枚心律调节器.