Word · Frequency #21938
giddy
头晕的；眼花的
feeling dizzy or unsteady, as if about to fall
- 1.
Feeling a sense of spinning in the head, causing a perception of unsteadiness and being about to fall down; dizzy.
感到头晕目眩,导致不稳和即将跌倒的感觉；眩晕的
- 2.
having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling
眩晕易倒的
- 3.
Causing or likely to cause dizziness or a feeling of unsteadiness.
引起或可能引起头晕或不稳感
- 4.
lacking seriousness; given to frivolity
轻浮的
- 5.
Moving around something or spinning rapidly.
围绕某物快速移动或旋转
- 6.
Unable to concentrate or think seriously; easily excited; impulsive; also, lightheartedly silly; frivolous.
无法集中或认真思考；容易兴奋；冲动；也指轻松愚蠢；轻浮
- 7.
Joyfully elated; overcome with excitement or happiness.
欣喜若狂；被兴奋或快乐冲昏头脑
感到头晕目眩,导致不稳和即将跌倒的感觉；眩晕的；眩晕易倒的；引起或可能引起头晕或不稳感；轻浮的；围绕某物快速移动或旋转
In use
As the carousel spun faster and faster, the children began to feel giddy.
The higher we climbed the narrow stairs, the giddier I felt.
The doctor said the medicine might make you giddy, so take it after dinner.
had a headache and felt giddy
a giddy precipice
feel giddy
表示感到头晕的直接用法。
I feel giddy after the roller coaster.
坐完过山车后我感觉头晕。
make sb giddy
sth makes sb giddy 表示某物使某人头晕。
The spinning ride made him giddy.
Connections
Collocations
- feel giddy
- 感到头晕眼花
- After standing up too quickly, she felt giddy and had to lean on the desk.猛然站起来后，她感到头晕眼花，不得不扶住桌子。
- giddy with excitement
- 兴奋得晕头转向；激动不已
- The children were giddy with excitement on the morning of the school trip.学校出游的那天早上，孩子们兴奋得晕头转向。
- giddy heights
- 令人眩晕的高处；（事业等的）巅峰
- He reached the giddy heights of managing director before he was forty.他在四十岁之前就登上了总经理的巅峰。
- giddy whirl
- 令人眩晕的纷乱；忙乱兴奋的旋涡
- She was swept up in the giddy whirl of city life.她被城市生活忙乱兴奋的旋涡所吞没。
Idioms & figurative uses
- giddy with excitement
- 兴奋得头晕目眩The children were giddy with excitement on the last day of school.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
giddy 开头像 giggle（咯咯笑），结尾像 dizzy（头晕）：头晕眼花又忍不住傻笑，正是 giddy 的眩晕轻浮感。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常对话中的身体感受表达、一般描述或叙事中的眩晕感、文学或修辞中的兴奋、欣喜、非正式场合形容轻浮或不严肃 giddy 的语域因义项不同而有差异：表示“头晕的”时在日常口语和一般书面语中都比较常见；表示“轻浮的、不严肃的”多用于非正式语境，常略带贬义；表示“兴奋得眩晕”则较多见于文学或比喻性表达。总的来说属于中性偏非正式，正式学术或商务写作中较少直接使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 giddy 同韵的有 kiddie、biddy（两音节，重音在前，末尾读 /ɪdi/）。注意 tidy、muddy、city、steady 拼写或读音接近但不押韵：tidy 读 /ˈtaɪdi/，muddy 读 /ˈmʌdi/，city 读 /ˈsɪti/（美语常为 /ˈsɪɾi/），steady 读 /ˈstɛdi/。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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