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giddy

adjective
🔊/ˈɡɪdi/
🔊/ˈɡɪdi/
(comparative giddier, superlative giddiest)
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  1. [not usually before noun] feeling that everything is moving and that you are going to fall头晕；眩晕 synonym dizzy
    • 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。🔊🔊
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    • 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。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • positively
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • with
    See full entry
  2. [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.她对与父亲待两个月的期望感到头晕。
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • feel
    • become
    • …
    adverb
    • positively
    • a little
    • slightly
    • …
    preposition
    • from
    • with
    See full entry
  3. [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
  4. (old-fashioned) (of people人) not serious轻率的；轻浮的；不稳重的 synonym silly
    • Isabel’s giddy young sister伊莎贝尔轻浮的小妹
    5. Word OriginOld English gidig ‘insane’, literally ‘possessed by a god’, from the base of God. Current senses date from late Middle English.