giddy
adjective /ˈɡɪdi/
/ˈɡɪdi/
(comparative giddier, superlative giddiest)
- [not usually before noun] feeling that everything is moving and that you are going to fall
synonym dizzy头晕;眩晕 - When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
我从顶楼朝下看时感到头晕目眩。
- He felt tired and giddy from the sleeping pill.
安眠药使他觉得有点困乏晕眩。 - I was giddy with the heat.
我热得头昏脑胀。 - My mum came over all giddy and had to sit down.
我妈妈突然头晕目眩,不得不坐了下来。 - Steep stairs may leave you giddy and faint.
陡直的楼梯会让人头晕目眩。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- positively
- a little
- slightly
- …
- from
- with
- When I looked down from the top floor, I felt giddy.
- [not usually before noun] giddy (with something) so happy and excited that you cannot behave normally
(高兴或激动得)发狂,举止反常 - She was giddy with happiness.
她高兴得忘乎所以。 - She was giddy with anticipation about spending two months with her father.
她因期待与父亲共度两个月而欣喜若狂。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- positively
- a little
- slightly
- …
- from
- with
- She was giddy with happiness.
- [usually before noun] making you feel as if you are about to fall
令人眩晕的;使人头昏眼花的 - The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.
孩子们推动着旋转平台快得令人眩晕。 - (figurative) the giddy heights of success
令人目眩的巨大成功
- The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.
- (old-fashioned) (of people
) not serious人 synonym silly轻率的;轻浮的;不稳重的 - Isabel’s giddy young sister
伊莎贝尔轻浮的小妹
- Isabel’s giddy young sister
词源Old English gidig ‘insane’, literally ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.