Vertigo is the horrible spinning feeling you get when you look down from somewhere very high — the ground seems to pull at you, your head swims, and you may feel sick.

Vertigo is the horrible spinning feeling you get when you look down from somewhere very highvertigo 是站在很高的地方往下看時那種可怕的天旋地轉感 the ground seems to pull at you地面好像在拉你 your head swims你的頭會發暈 and you may feel sick甚至可能想吐

Everyday English uses it exactly that way: "I get vertigo on ladders." But it is worth knowing that doctors use the word more narrowly and more seriously. To a doctor, vertigo is the illusion that you or the room is spinning, and it usually comes from a problem in the inner ear, not from height at all.

Everyday English uses it exactly that way日常英文就是這樣用 "I get vertigo on ladders."像 I get vertigo on ladders 我一爬梯子就會頭暈 But it is worth knowing that doctors use the word more narrowly and more seriously不過值得知道的是醫生用這個字時意思更窄、更嚴肅 To a doctor對醫生來說 vertigo is the illusion that you or the room is spinningvertigo 是指你或房間在旋轉的錯覺 and it usually comes from a problem in the inner ear而且通常是內耳出了問題 not from height at all跟高度完全無關

Someone with that condition can wake up and feel the bedroom turning, lying flat, with no high place anywhere. So the same word covers a passing feeling on a cliff and a real medical illness.

Someone with that condition can wake up and feel the bedroom turning得這種病的人可能一早醒來就覺得房間在轉 lying flat即使人是躺平的 with no high place anywhere周圍也完全沒有任何高處 So the same word covers a passing feeling on a cliff and a real medical illness所以同一個字既涵蓋站在懸崖邊那種短暫的感覺也涵蓋真正的醫學疾病

It is uncountable — say *vertigo*, *some vertigo*, never *a vertigo*.

It is uncountable這個字是不可數名詞 say *vertigo*, *some vertigo*可以說 vertigo 或 some vertigo never *a vertigo*但不能說 a vertigo

Many people also know it as the title of a famous Hitchcock film, where the hero's fear of heights drives the whole story.

Many people also know it as the title of a famous Hitchcock film很多人也認識它是希區考克一部知名電影的片名 where the hero's fear of heights drives the whole story片中主角的懼高症貫穿了整個故事