vertiginous

英 [vɜː'tɪdʒɪnəs] 美 [vɜːr'tɪdʒɪnəs]

• adj. 旋转的；眩晕的；眼花的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling;

   "had a dizzy spell"
   "a dizzy pinnacle"
   "had a headache and felt giddy"
   "a giddy precipice"
   "feeling woozy from the blow on his head"
   "a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. From the top of the mountain there was a vertiginous drop to the valley below.
   从山顶向谷底望去令人眩晕。

经典引文

• This..speeding up in technical experiment gives a..vertiginous quality to the Impressionist period.

  出自： C. Lambert

词汇搭配

• vertiginous economy 不稳定经济
• vertiginous current 旋流

近反义词

【近义词】

• dizzy 晕眩的
• high 高的
• dizzying 令人眩晕的
• tall 高的
• lofty 高的
• exposed 暴露的
• open 开着的
• woozy 糊里糊涂的
• giddy 眼花的