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单词 light-headed
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Definition of light-headed in English:

light-headed

adjective
  • Dizzy and slightly faint.

    she felt light-headed with relief
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She was surprised how the scent made her light-headed and slightly dizzy.
    • The blood was rushing to her head, and on top of all her other problems, now she was feeling dizzy and light-headed.
    • He would break out in a sweat and become so light-headed he would practically faint.
    • The chloral hydrate had made her somewhat light-headed and slightly groggy; she had great difficulty focussing.
    • You may be feeling light-headed or faint, and often this is accompanied by a feeling of something being very wrong.
    • This left me feeling a little light-headed, slightly dazed and quite tired, which Roselyn explained was perfectly normal.
    • She felt slightly light-headed as she made her way through the crowd.
    • At first he'd thought the tab had had little effect other than to make him feel slightly light-headed as fell asleep.
    • He made her a cup of tea, which she claimed made her light-headed and dizzy.
    • You may also feel light-headed or dizzy, especially when moving from a lying or sitting position to standing up.
    • The two of them pulled away and sat back, giddy and light-headed.
    • She felt so very light-headed and faint, quite breathless from all the dancing.
    • It was flowing out instantly, but she was filled with such force that she was dizzy and light-headed, yet at the same time stronger than she had ever been in her life.
    • He put a bite into his mouth, swallowed, and then felt light-headed and faint.
    • It made me slightly dizzy and light-headed, and I collapsed backwards on the bed with every intent to sleep it off.
    • My eyes were closing in around me - you know, that feeling when you're light-headed, dizzy and just about unconscious?
    • I took in her fragrance and felt light-headed and dizzy, almost unable to keep standing.
    • It was strong, and he had to keep reminding himself not to drink too much of it, because he was already slightly light-headed.
    • After school that day I was slightly light-headed as I was lifting weights.
    • It's a mildly light-headed, giddy sensation that starts in the chest and spreads out through the body and along the limbs.
    Synonyms
    dizzy, giddy, faint, unsteady, light in the head, weak-headed, muzzy
    shaky, reeling, staggering
    informal woozy
    rare vertiginous

Derivatives

  • light-headedly

  • adverb
    • Rising a bit light-headedly, he stepped up to his polished looking-glass and surveyed himself.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each of them had an evil spouse, who light-headedly squandered what the father had left.
      • I rested my head on my hands and stared light-headedly at the floor, which was covered with a pale shingle of old coral fragments that some poor guy had hauled up the hill from the beach.
      • Poking a coconut out from the fringes of the bush, I tried light-headedly, halfheartedly really, to break it apart on a washed-up giant clamshell.
      • After eight days and 120 miles of light-headedly walking on clouds, breathing became an unconscious and passive activity again.
  • light-headedness

  • nounˌlʌɪtˈhɛdɪdnəs
    • A knock to the head can cause symptoms such as loss of consciousness, light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, and sickness.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Alternatively, dizziness may be used to describe a swaying sensation, or a feeling of weakness, faintness, light-headedness or unsteadiness.
      • Less frequent side effects were hallucinations, dizziness, light-headedness, and nausea.
      • There were no associated headaches, dizziness, light-headedness, palpitations, or eye pain.
      • Dizziness, light-headedness, or fainting may occur, especially when you get up suddenly from a lying or sitting position.

Rhymes

bareheaded, boneheaded, fatheaded, hard-headed, hot-headed, pig-headed, pinheaded, thickheaded, unleaded, unwedded, wooden-headed, wrong-headed
 
 
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