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单词 vertiginous
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vertiginous

(vɜːʳtɪdʒɪnəs)
adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A vertiginous cliff or mountain is very high and steep.
[literary]
...vertiginous cliffs that rise out of the Baltic.

vertiginous in British English

(vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs)
adjective
1. 
of, relating to, or having vertigo
2. 
producing dizziness
3. 
whirling
4. 
changeable; unstable
Derived forms
vertiginously (verˈtiginously)
adverb
vertiginousness (verˈtiginousness)
noun
Word origin
C17: from Latin vertīginōsus, from vertigo

vertiginous in American English

(vərˈtɪdʒənəs)
adjective
1. 
of, affected by, or causing vertigo; dizzy or dizzying
2. 
whirling about; spinning
3. 
marked by quick or frequent change; unstable
Derived forms
vertiginously (verˈtiginously)
adverb
Word origin
L vertiginosus

Examples of 'vertiginous' in a sentence
vertiginous

Health is still a concern for an artist who used to team vertiginous high heels with a walking stick on stage.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
She stepped out into the dappled sunshine, her heels impressively vertiginous.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Is the high as vertiginous?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You leave the bus and find yourself on a vertiginous cliff, staring across the Atlantic.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
There are beautiful designer dresses dangling from rails, vertiginous heels lined up beside them - but they seem to hold little interest.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
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