/'gɪdɪ; `ˇɪdɪ/
adj (-ier, -iest)
1 (a) [usu pred 通常作表语] having the feeling that everything is turning round and that one is going to fall 头晕; 眩晕
*I feel giddy; I must sit down. 我觉得头晕, 得坐下来.
* have a giddy feeling 有眩晕的感觉
* (fig 比喻) giddy with their first business success 为商业上初次成功而飘飘然.
(b) [usu attrib 通常作定语] causing such a feeling 令人眩晕的; 头昏眼花的; 头晕的
*travel at a giddy speed 以令人目眩的速度行进
* look down from a giddy height 从令人眩晕的高处俯视
* (fig 比喻) Life then was a succession of giddy triumphs, ie exciting but not stable or lasting. 那时的生活可谓人间得意、千红万紫, 盛极一时.
2 [usu attrib 通常作定语] (dated derog 旧, 贬) too fond of excitement and pleasure; not serious 热衷于刺激和欢乐的; 轻浮的; 不严肃的
*a giddy girl, who will never settle down to anything serious 永远安不下心来做正经事的轻浮女孩.
3 [attrib 作定语] (dated 旧) (used to add emphasis to certain exclamations 用以加强某些感叹词语的语气)
*Oh my giddy aunt! 哦, 我的好姑姑!
* That really is the giddy limit! 那真是最大限度了!

adj
[Language: Old English;Origin: gydig 'mentally ill']
feeling slightly sick and unable to balance, because everything seems to be moving
= dizzy
　Greg stared down from the seventh floor and began to feel giddy .
feeling silly, happy, and excited, or showing this feeling
giddy with
　Sheila felt giddy with excitement.
giddy heights
a situation in which you have a lot of success
　Although she had been quite a successful model, she had never reached the giddy heights of the Paris fashion world.
old-fashioned silly and not interested in serious things
　Fiona's very pretty but a bit giddy.
>giddilyadv
>giddinessn[U]