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seesaw

/see-saw/US // ˈsiˌsɔ //UK // (ˈsiːˌsɔː) //

跷跷板,跷板,锯齿

Related Words

vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移fluctuate变幻莫测,摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,波动waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的teeter跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷课,跷二郎腿的alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃rock岩石,摇滚,石头,磐石teeter-totter跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷板,跷二郎腿的人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
    • : a plank or apparatus for this recreation.
    • : an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure.
    • : Whist. a crossruff.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind: It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move in a seesaw manner: The boat seesawed in the heavy sea.
    • : to ride or play on a seesaw.
    • : to keep changing one's decision, opinion, or attitude; vacillate.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to move in a seesaw manner.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmove back and forth
Forms: seesawed
Synonyms
fluctuate变幻莫测,摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,波动teeter跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷课,跷二郎腿的vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的alternate替代的,交替的,交替使用,交替进行rock岩石,摇滚,石头,磐石sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃teeter-totter跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷板,跷二郎腿的人

Examples

  • Express forecastForecast in detailWe’re in for a bit of a weather seesaw over the next few days.

  • Washington tourist attractions have engaged in a seesaw battle with the coronavirus this year.

  • As schools seesaw between open and closed, some teachers are left without direction, feeling undervalued and underutilized.

  • That seesaw season still gave the Brewers 91 wins in total, but their bad 60-game stretch — with a winning percentage 34 points below what they had in their other games — ultimately cost them a playoff spot.

  • When your heartbeat is going, then it’s just loading up the seesaw to one side.

  • After a back and forth seesaw race, both candidates were locked on 49% with 99% of the votes counted.

  • Absent a complete ban, or total irrationality, judges should simply step off the seesaw.

  • If the government infringes a protected right, one side of the seesaw goes in the air and the right is lifted and protected.

  • After months of seesaw battles in the Sahara Desert, Libya's rebels are now making their first serious push to Tripoli.

  • If it waits for the political seesaw by which both parties avoid responsibility, there will be small chance of a navy.

  • I lay silent, watching a bird seesaw on the vine which clambers over my window-ledge in friendly fashion.

  • I whipped the car back, spun it in a seesaw, and took off back towards the first road block.

  • After prolonged northeast rain a bright day, and with it the setting of sail, a many-handed seesaw at the windlass, and departure.

  • There was a barrel or two, an enormous wooden ball, a collapsible fold-up seesaw and other impedimenta of a trained-animal act.

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