单词 | vertiginous |
释义 | vertiginous From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishvertiginousver‧tig‧i‧nous /vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs $ vɜːr-/ adjective formalHIGHso high that you feel sick and dizzy a vertiginous drop to the valley belowExamples from the Corpusvertiginous• a vertiginous 400 foot drop• For days Kartoffel stood below it as storms flashed across the vertiginous face of ice and rubble.• There was nothing left in the world but this vertiginous wave.Origin vertiginous (1600-1700) Latin vertiginosus, from vertigo; → VERTIGO |
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