英语词汇“vertiginous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

To be vertiginous is to be dizzy and woozy. It's a disorienting feeling.

There's a famous movie called "Vertigo," which is named after a condition of extreme dizziness, often caused by heights. The word vertiginous applies to similar feelings and sensations. The flu makes many people feel vertiginous. Sometimes when you stand up too fast, you can get vertiginous for a second, and most people feel vertiginous after spinning in a circle. Vertigo is a Latin word that originally meant "whirling or spinning," from its root vertere, "to turn."

WORD FAMILY

vertiginous: vertiginously+/vertigo: vertiginous, vertigoes, vertigos

USAGE EXAMPLES

Heels are a must, or rather “vertiginous pumps like you’re sitting pretty for your Andy portrait”, a spirited nod, perhaps, to the cult of celebrity.

The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016)

James Whistler, Vincent van Gogh and many others were delighted by the surprising compositions, vertiginous perspectives and woodblock techniques unlike anything they’d seen.

Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016)

In keeping with the avian theme, the movie abounds in swooping, sometimes vertiginous aerial shots, most of them captured by drone-mounted cameras.

New York Times(Nov 01, 2016)

adj having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff

Syn

dizzy, giddy, woozy
ill, sick

affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

单词	vertiginous
释义	vertiginous (once / 30860 pages) adj To be vertiginous is to be dizzy and woozy. It's a disorienting feeling. There's a famous movie called "Vertigo," which is named after a condition of extreme dizziness, often caused by heights. The word vertiginous applies to similar feelings and sensations. The flu makes many people feel vertiginous. Sometimes when you stand up too fast, you can get vertiginous for a second, and most people feel vertiginous after spinning in a circle. Vertigo is a Latin word that originally meant "whirling or spinning," from its root vertere, "to turn." WORD FAMILY vertiginous: vertiginously+/vertigo: vertiginous, vertigoes, vertigos USAGE EXAMPLES Heels are a must, or rather “vertiginous pumps like you’re sitting pretty for your Andy portrait”, a spirited nod, perhaps, to the cult of celebrity. The Guardian(Nov 15, 2016) James Whistler, Vincent van Gogh and many others were delighted by the surprising compositions, vertiginous perspectives and woodblock techniques unlike anything they’d seen. Washington Post(Nov 03, 2016) In keeping with the avian theme, the movie abounds in swooping, sometimes vertiginous aerial shots, most of them captured by drone-mounted cameras. New York Times(Nov 01, 2016) adj having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff Syn dizzy, giddy, woozy ill, sick affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function
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