| 释义 |
vertiginous
—vertiginously, adv. —vertiginousness, n.
/veuhr tij"euh neuhs/, adj.
1. whirling; spinning; rotary: vertiginous currents of air.
2. affected with vertigo; dizzy.
3. liable or threatening to cause vertigo: a vertiginous climb.
4. apt to change quickly; unstable: a vertiginous economy.
[1600-10; < L vertiginosus dizzy, equiv. to vertigin- (s. of vertigo) VERTIGO + -osus -OUS] |