a runner or competitor who sets the pace at the beginning of a race or competition, sometimes in order to help another runner break a record (在赛跑或竞赛开始阶段)定速度的人;领跑者 ■a person viewed as taking the lead or setting standards of achievement for others 带头人;标兵
an artificial device for stimulating the heart muscle and regulating its contractions 起搏器 ■the part of the heart muscle (the sino-atrial node) which normally performs this role 起搏点,起步点 ■the part of an organ or of the body which controls any other rhythmic physiological activity (控制人体生理活动节奏的)节律器