Palpitations are the feeling that your heart is racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipping — as if it has forgotten its usual quiet job. You might get them after coffee, a fright, too little sleep, or hard exercise, and they often pass.

Palpitations心悸 are the feeling that your heart is racing, pounding, fluttering, or skipping就是覺得心臟跳得很快、很用力、撲通撲通地跳、或漏跳一下的感覺 as if it has forgotten its usual quiet job好像它忘了自己平常安靜的工作 You might get them你可能會有這種感覺 after coffee, a fright, too little sleep, or hard exercise在喝咖啡、受到驚嚇、睡眠不足、或做劇烈運動之後 and they often pass而且通常很快就會消失

Though actually, they can also be a sign that the heart’s rhythm is not quite right, so doctors take the word seriously even when the cause turns out to be harmless.

Though actually不過其實 they can also be a sign that the heart's rhythm is not quite right也可能是心律不太正常的徵兆 so doctors take the word seriously所以醫生會認真看待這個詞 even when the cause turns out to be harmless即使最後發現原因並無大礙

English nearly always uses the plural: people say they have palpitations, not that they have “a palpitation,” though a doctor may talk about an episode. This is the word patients bring into the clinic.

English nearly always uses the plural英文幾乎都用複數 people say they have palpitations人們會說自己有心悸 not that they have "a palpitation,"而不是說有「一次心悸」 though a doctor may talk about an episode不過醫生有時會說一次 episode發作 This is the word patients bring into the clinic這是病人會帶進診間的詞

It sounds medical, but it is also ordinary: anyone who has felt their heart jump in bed at night already knows the thing, if not the name.

It sounds medical聽起來很醫學 but it is also ordinary但其實也很平常 anyone who has felt their heart jump in bed at night晚上躺在床上感覺過心臟突然跳一下的人 if not the name就算不知道這個詞 already knows the thing也早就知道這種感覺