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    vertiginous

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ver·tig·i·nous /vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs $ vɜːr-/ adjective formal  HIGHso high that you feel sick and dizzy 高得令人眩晕的 a vertiginous drop to the valley below 到下面山谷令人眩晕的落差
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    vertiginous• 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
    ver·tig·i·nous adjectiveChineseSyllable
    dizzy Corpus so you feel and sick that high


    vertiginous
    ver‧tig‧i‧nous /vɜːˈtɪdʒənəs, vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs $ vɜːr-/ adjective formal
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: vertiginosus, from vertigo; ⇨ vertigo
    so high that you feel sick and dizzy:
        a vertiginous drop to the valley below


    ver·tigin·ousBrE /vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs/ 🔊NAmE /vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) causing a feeling of vertigo 引起眩晕的 SYN dizzying ◆From the path there was a vertiginous drop to the valley below. 从小路向谷底望去令人眩晕。🔊🔊