vertiginous

英 [vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs]

美 [vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs]

adj.  引起眩晕的

医学

BNC.33933 / COCA.27101

牛津词典

adj.

• 引起眩晕的
  causing a feeling of vertigo
  1. From the path there was a vertiginous drop to the valley below.
     从小路向谷底望去令人眩晕。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 陡峭的;峻峭的
  Avertiginouscliff or mountain is very high and steep.
  1. ...vertiginous cliffs that rise out of the Baltic.
     波罗的海周边耸立的悬崖峭壁

英英释义

adj

• having or causing a whirling sensation
  1. had a dizzy spell
  2. a dizzy pinnacle
  3. had a headache and felt giddy
  4. a giddy precipice
  5. feeling woozy from the blow on his head
  6. a vertiginous climb up the face of the cliff
  Synonym:dizzygiddywoozy

双语例句

• The bedroom windows are floor to ceiling and Manhattan looms below like a vertiginous black-and-white movie.
  卧室的窗户是落地窗，曼哈顿隐约浮现在脚下，就像是一部变幻莫测的黑白电影。
• Thousands of refugees are walking over the vertiginous mountains in search of food.
  数千名难民走在如悬云端的山巅寻找食物。
• Called Sirena, it made use of the kitchen of a defunct canteen-adding a dining room in the style of a wooden galleon, plus a vertiginous glass floor with an aquarium below.
  这个餐厅原是个废弃不用的食堂，诺维科夫在此基础上将其改装成了一个外观酷似木制大帆船的餐厅，还在令人晕眩的玻璃地板下面加了一个小小的“水族馆”。
• Helping the new generation of Chinese architects climb a vertiginous learning curve has been satisfying.
  帮助新一代中国建筑师学会在过失中成长令人很有满足感。
• The two skyscrapers were connected by a vertiginous walkway.
  那两座摩天大楼用一条令人发晕的空中走道连接。
• Among those vertiginous research efforts was Project Excelsior, which sought to answer questions such as: Could someone escape from a high-flying aircraft or space capsule using a parachute?
  在这些令人眼花缭乱的研究工作，为项目怡东，试图回答这样的问题：请问有人从飞机在高空飞行或太空舱使用的降落伞逃生？
• Just looking down from the top of a bus makes me feel vertiginous.
  光是从公共汽车顶上往下看，我都感到头晕。
• From its vertiginous viewing galleries visitors look down on the great commercial city spread below them and across to the seemingly boundless dunes of the Empty Quarter.
  从令人眩晕的观景台上，游客可以看到这个商业城市的全貌，甚至可以看到鲁卜哈利沙漠无边无际的沙丘。
• In high season, there are 420 highly professional people on the payroll, which accounts for the vertiginous rates but also for the fact that you will probably want for nothing.
  在旺季，酒店内共有420名高度专业的员工，这就是客房价格高得令人眩晕的原因，但同时可能也是使你别无他求的原因。
• It was a long way for us to catch up but in the past years demand for Spanish has experienced vertiginous growth.
  对我们来说，要迎头赶上任重而道远，不过在过去的岁月里，对西班牙语的需求经历了令人眩晕的增长。