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

• My small mind contained in earthly human limits, not lost in vertiginous space and elements unknown ( Diana Cooper)
  我的狭隘思想局限在人类世俗之中，不会在令人眩晕的空间和未知成份中迷失方向（戴安娜·库珀）
• 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 order to find out the vertiginous character of indoor formaldehyde concentration in a chilly area, a long investigation of indoor formaldehyde concentration variation was made in a fixed room.
  为确定寒冷地区室内空气甲醛浓度的不稳定性特征，在某一固定房间长期跟踪检测室内空气中甲醛浓度变化。
• Observation about vertiginous patients 'nail fold and conjunctival microcirculation
  眩晕患者的甲皱与球结膜微循环观察
• In fact, the Supreme Court was putting its seal on what has been a vertiginous shift in US society.
  事实上，最高法院是在对美国社会的一个令人目眩的转变盖棺定论。
• 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。
• Chan, a 34-year-old high-school dropout, has one of Hong Kong's most vertiginous and challenging blue-collar jobs.
  陈，34岁，高中辍学生，是香港最令人眩晕，最具挑战性的蓝领工人之一。
• Both involve hazardous terrain to negotiate, above vertiginous falls to waves pounding on the rocks below.
  两处都是危险地带，需要历险，（尤指因在高或陡处而）令人眩晕的峭壁下，海浪拍打着下面的岩石。
• The introduction of the philosophy, methodology and technology of CIMS will guarantee the power plants to adapt to the vertiginous power market.
  将CIMS的理念、方法、技术与体制改革之后的发电企业相结合，无疑会为发电企业迅速适应市场的变化提供强有力的保证。
• A vertiginous height [ speed]
  令人眩晕的高度[速度]