giddy
adj
(-ier, -iest)
1
(a) [usu pred 通常作表語]
having the feeling that everything is turning round and that one is going to fall 頭暈; 眩暈
I feel giddy; I must sit down. 我覺得頭暈, 得坐下來.
have a giddy feeling 有眩暈的感覺
(fig 比喻) giddy with their first business success 為商業上初次成功而飄飄然.
(b) [usu attrib 通常作定語]
causing such a feeling 令人眩暈的; 頭昏眼花的; 頭暈的
travel at a giddy speed 以令人目眩的速度行進
look down from a giddy height 從令人眩暈的高處俯視
(fig 比喻) Life then was a succession of giddy triumphs, ie exciting but not stable or lasting. 那時的生活可謂人間得意、 千紅萬紫, 盛極一時.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定語]
(dated derog 舊, 貶) too fond of excitement and pleasure; not serious 熱衷於刺激和歡樂的; 輕浮的; 不嚴肅的
a giddy girl, who will never settle down to anything serious 永遠安不下心來做正經事的輕浮女孩.
3 [attrib 作定語]
(dated 舊) (used to add emphasis to certain exclamations 用以加強某些感嘆詞語的語氣)
Oh my giddy aunt! 哦, 我的好姑姑!
That really is the giddy limit! 那真是最大限度了!