| 单词 | vertigo |
| 释义 | vertigo (once / 5964 pages) n If you're standing still but the room is inexplicably spinning, you might want to let someone know you're suffering from vertigo — the sensation of dizziness or whirling. Contrary to popular belief, vertigo is not exactly the same thing as acrophobia, the fear of heights. However, acrophobia can result in the symptoms associated with vertigo. Interestingly, when legendary director Alfred Hitchcock created a film about a detective with an intense fear of heights, he named the film Vertigo, not Acrophobia; perhaps he thought Vertigo was catchier. WORD FAMILYvertigo: vertiginous, vertigoes, vertigos+/vertiginous: vertiginously USAGE EXAMPLESThey streamed into the daylight in their thousands, the earth would appear to be in motion, and I’d be seized by vertigo. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) In contrast her mother was Alfred Hitchcock’s ideal, remote “woman in grey” and represented highly-strung perfection in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Marnie. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The experience of seeing ‘Vertigo’ and ‘The Searchers’ in VistaVision.” Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) n a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall Syn|Hyper dizziness, giddiness, lightheadedness symptom (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease |
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