英语单词

giddy是什么意思

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

中文词源


giddy 眩晕

来自god, 神,引申义鬼神附体,眩晕,参照enthusiasm.

英文词源


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.

双语例句


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》

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