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light-headed

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌlight-ˈheaded adjective  CONFUSEDunable to think clearly or move steadily, for example during a fever or after drinking alcohol 〔发热时或饮酒后〕神志不清的;脚步不稳的;眩晕的 SYN dizzy The sun and the wine had made him a little light-headed. 日晒加上喝了点酒使他有点头重脚轻。light-headedness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
light-headedSandison, who had only had three or four glasses of wine, began to feel light-headed.She felt breathless, light-headed and as perfectly helpless as a butterfly whose wings had been pinned behind its back.She felt light-headed and it was not just the swift change from lying down to standing.I was surprised how weak and light-headed I felt on nipping out of my hospital bed to recover a dropped book.She felt light-headed, idiotically, illogically happy.She felt as if her mind was detached from her body, she was light-headed, incapable of decisions.She might be light-headed with fear, but she would not give this vile creature the pleasure of seeing it.The enormous relief at being released from that obligation made us light-headed with happiness.
ˌlight-ˈheaded adjectiveChineseSyllable
steadily, Corpus for unable to or clearly move think


light-headed
ˌlight-ˈheaded adjective
unable to think clearly or move steadily, for example during a fever or after drinking alcohol
   SYN  dizzy:
    The sun and the wine had made him a little light-headed.
—light-headedness noun [uncountable]


light-headedBrE /ˌlaɪt ˈhedɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˌlaɪt ˈhedɪd/ 🔊 adjectivenot completely in control of your thoughts or movements; slightly faint 头晕的;眩晕的After four glasses of wine he began to feel light-headed. 他四杯酒下肚后开始感到头晕目眩起来。🔊🔊