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

A vertiginous height [ speed]
令人眩晕的高度[速度]
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。
Barely a commentator in the land overlooked the parallels between Mr Obama's impending presidency and that of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933-each inheriting vertiginous situations.
几乎美国所有的评论员都看出：奥巴马即将开始的总统任期，与1933年的富兰克林德拉诺罗斯福（FranklinDelanoRoosevelt）有相似之处&两人都继承了复杂多变的局面。
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”。
Research on Vertiginous Rate and Stagnant Rate of Turbine's Variable System
汽轮机调速系统速度变动率和迟缓率的探讨
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。
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。
Third, you'll have the vertiginous sensation of your mind boggling.
第三，你将有一种感到无法想象而造成的眩晕感。
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。
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。