vertiginous
vertiginous 英 [vɜː'tɪdʒɪnəs] 美 [vɝ'tɪdʒɪnəs]
adj. 眩晕的，眼花的；旋转的；不稳定的
My wife and I scramble to keep up with him as he shows us around the vertiginous terraces now planted with merlot and cabernet sauvignon vines. 他带我们参观令人目眩的梯田——目前种植着梅洛和赤霞珠——之时，我和我的妻子攀爬着才能赶上他的脚步。
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- adj. 眩晕的，眼花的；旋转的；不稳定的
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1. My wife and I scramble to keep up with him as he shows us around the vertiginous terraces now planted with merlot and cabernet sauvignon vines.
他带我们参观令人目眩的梯田——目前种植着梅洛和赤霞珠——之时，我和我的妻子攀爬着才能赶上他的脚步。
- vertiginous (adj.) c. 1600, "of the nature of vertigo," from French vertigineux, from Latin vertiginosus "suffering from dizziness," from vertigo (see vertigo). From 1620s as "dizzy;" 1640s as "liable to cause dizziness." Related: Vertiginously.
ver·tigin·ous / 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。 ver·tigin·ous / vɜːˈtɪdʒɪnəs ; NAmE vɜːrˈtɪdʒɪnəs /
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