giddy
英 ['gɪdɪ]
美 ['ɡɪdi]
- adj. 头晕的；眼花的；令人眼花缭乱的；轻浮的
- vt. 使晕眩；使眼花缭乱
- vi. 眼花；眩晕
- n. (Giddy)人名；(英)吉迪
TEM8 GRE
giddy 眩晕来自god, 神，引申义鬼神附体，眩晕，参照enthusiasm.
- giddy
- giddy: [OE] Like enthusiastic, the etymological meaning of giddy is ‘possessed by a god’. Its distant ancestor was a prehistoric Germanic adjective *guthigaz, which was derived from *gutham ‘god’. This produced Old English gidig, which meant ‘insane’ or ‘stupid’. It was not until the 16th century that it acquired its main present-day meaning, ‘dizzy’.
=> god - giddy (adj.)
- Old English gidig, variant of gydig "insane, mad, stupid," perhaps literally "possessed (by a spirit)," if it is from Proto-Germanic *gud-iga- "possessed by a god," from *gudam "god" (see god (n.)) + *-ig "possessed." Meaning "having a confused, swimming sensation" is from 1560s (compare sense evolution of dizzy). Meaning "elated" is from 1540s. Related: Giddily; giddiness.
- 1. Anthony was giddy with self-satisfaction.
- 安东尼自鸣得意，忘乎所以。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Being there gave me a giddy pleasure.
- 身处那个地方让我激动得难以自持。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. Some boys are always playing the giddy goat, behaving foolishly.
- 有些男孩子常常胡闹, 举止荒唐.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. I was giddy with the heat.
- 我热得头晕脑胀.
来自《简明英汉词典》
