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Feeling weak, and not quite steady — the world moves a bit, your head is not clear, and you might need to sit down. It is the feeling after you stand up too fast, after you give blood, after a bang on the head, after medicine that is too strong, or after too much alcohol.
Feeling weak, dizzy and not quite steady覺得虛弱、頭暈、站不太穩 — the world moves a bit世界感覺在晃, your head is not clear頭腦不清楚, and you might need to sit down可能需要坐下來. It is the feeling這是的感覺 after you stand up too fast站起來太快之後, after you give blood捐血之後, after a bang on the head頭撞到之後, after medicine that is too strong藥太強之後, or after too much alcohol或喝太多酒之後.
Two things make it different from plain "". First, woozy covers the whole body, not just the head: is the spinning, woozy is the spinning plus the weakness plus the slight sickness in your stomach. Second, woozy is gentle and informal — a friendly, everyday word, the one you use with family, not the one a doctor in your file. A doctor says "the patient reported dizziness"; you say "I feel a bit woozy".
Two things有兩點 make it different from plain "dizzy"讓它跟單純的"dizzy"不一樣. First第一, woozy covers the whole bodywoozy涵蓋全身, not just the head不只是頭: dizzy is the spinningdizzy是天旋地轉, woozy is the spinning plus the weakness plus the slight sickness in your stomachwoozy是天旋地轉再加上虛弱,再加上一點胃裡的噁心感. Second第二, woozy is gentle and informalwoozy語氣溫和、口語 — a friendly, everyday word是個親切的日常用字, the one you use with family是你跟家人講的那種, not the one a doctor writes in your file不是醫生寫在病歷裡的那種. A doctor says醫生會說 "the patient reported dizziness""the patient reported dizziness"(病人主訴頭暈); you say你會說 "I feel a bit woozy""I feel a bit woozy"(我有點頭暈暈的).
Because it is soft, English speakers often use it to make something serious sound smaller and more , which is worth noticing: someone saying "I went a bit woozy" may actually have nearly fainted.
Because it is soft因為這個字語氣柔和, English speakers often use it英文使用者常用它 to make something serious sound smaller and more bearable把嚴重的事講得小一點、比較能接受, which is worth noticing這點值得注意: someone saying有人說 "I went a bit woozy""I went a bit woozy"(我有點頭暈) may actually have nearly fainted實際上可能差點暈倒.
People also stretch it away from the body to talk about thinking — "a woozy argument" is one that is not clear, that wanders. That use is not common; the body use is the main one.
People also stretch it away from the body人們也會把這個字延伸到身體以外 to talk about thinking用來講思考 — "a woozy argument""a woozy argument"(一個不清楚的論點) is one that is not clear, that wanders指的是不清楚、會打轉的論點. That use is not common這種用法不常見; the body use is the main one用在身體上才是主要的用法.
組成woozy = wosy + -y. The old word wose meant "mud, slime" — so the first meaning was "muddy". A woozy head is a head with muddy water in it, not clear. The sound was probably pushed along by boozy (= drunk), which is why the word so often turns up after alcohol.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
woozyadj/ˈwuːzi/
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Queasy, dizzy, or disoriented.
- I got off the rollercoaster feeling a bit woozy.
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Intoxicated by drink or drugs.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。