单词 | to swim round |
释义 | > as lemmasto swim round a. Of the head or brain: To be affected with dizziness; to have a giddy sensation. Also, of the head, to swim round = to be in a whirl. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > be or become excited [verb (intransitive)] > become dizzy with excitement (of the mind or head) reel1579 to run round1580 swim1702 spin1819 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > vertigo > have vertigo [verb (intransitive)] turnOE swimblea1400 whirl1561 wheel1593 whim1700 reel1701 swim1702 swirl1818 spin1819 giddy1845 1702 R. Steele Funeral i. 7 My Head swims as it did when I fell into my Fit at the thoughts of it. 1782 W. Cowper Jackdaw 10 Look up—your brains begin to swim. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. i. iii. 30 My head swam round. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) xi, in Writings I. 108 His brain swam with the thought, and he almost fell to the earth. 1871 C. Gibbon For Lack of Gold xx My head's bizzing, and sooming, and burning. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xvii. 166 My own sides so ached, my head so swam..that I lay beside him like one dead. < as lemmas |
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