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单词 giddy
释义 gid·dy
I. \ˈgidē, -di\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: Middle English gidy, gedy mad, foolish, dizzy, from Old English gydig, gidig possessed, mad, from the stem of god + -ig -y — more at god
1. : characterized by exuberance, impulsiveness, or thoughtlessness : lighthearted or harebrained
 < he was no longer young and he had no wish to get entangled with a giddy girl — W.S.Maugham >
 < a giddy, abandoned, hugely popular show — E.J.Kahn >
2.
 a. : having a sensation of whirling or reeling about : affected with or as if with vertigo : dizzy
  < he was giddy … and the meadow swam like fishes under the high sun — Jean Stafford >
  < he paused, somewhat giddy from his quick descent of the stairs — Elinor Wylie >
 b. : causing a sensation of whirling or reeling about : tending to make dizzy
  < staring down the coiling silvery barrel of his gun, down its circling and giddy bore — Eve Langley >
  < could almost feel … the lift as the car began its giddy rise into the air — New Yorker >
 c. : whirling or turning around with great rapidity : gyratory
  < the giddy round of Fortune's wheel — Shakespeare >
  < swept me on before, giddy as a whirling stick — Edna S.V.Millay >
3. dialect England : crazed with anger : furious, wild
4. : suffering from gid — used especially of sheep
5. : extravagantly decorated or extremely ornate : garish, showy
 < a giddy organdy … apron festooned with ribbons and Christmas-tree balls — New Yorker >
 < long rococo halls, giddy with plush and whorled designs in gold — Djuna Barnes >
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
transitive verb
: to make giddy
 < the sight of so much that was growing and green giddied his senses — Gordon Webber >
intransitive verb
: to become giddy
 < my head swims, my brain giddies — Sylvester Judd >
III. noun
(-es)
: gid
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