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单词 vertiginous
释义
vertiginousver‧tig‧i‧nous /vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs $ vɜːr-/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINvertiginous
Origin:
1600-1700 Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo; VERTIGO
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • a vertiginous 400 foot drop
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • For days Kartoffel stood below it as storms flashed across the vertiginous face of ice and rubble.
  • There was nothing left in the world but this vertiginous wave.
so high that you feel sick and dizzy:  a vertiginous drop to the valley below
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