ver·tig·i·nous /(ˌ)vɝˈtɪʤənəs/
(a.)旋轉的,眩暈的,眼花的
ver·tig·i·nous /(ˌ)vɝˈtɪʤənəs/ 形容詞
眩暈的
Ver·tig·i·nous a.
1. Turning round; whirling; rotary; revolving; as, a vertiginous motion.
Some vertiginous whirl of fortune. --De Quincey.
2. Affected with vertigo; giddy; dizzy.
They [the angels] grew vertiginous, and fell from the battlements of heaven. --Jer. Taylor.
-- Ver*tig*i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ver*tig*i*nous*ness, n.
◄ ►
vertiginous
adj : 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" [syn: dizzy, giddy, woozy]