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teeter

/tee-ter/US // ˈti tər //UK // (ˈtiːtə) //

跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷课,跷二郎腿的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to move unsteadily.
    • : to ride a seesaw; teetertotter.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to tip up and down; move unsteadily.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a seesaw motion; wobble.
    • : a seesaw; teetertotter.

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Examples

  • The program began to teeter under the weight of its own outsized expectations, questionable staffing decisions, and naivete.

  • It is a moment in history worth remembering as we once more teeter on a historical precipice.

  • The economy will teeter, one foot over the cliff, while members of Congress soak up the recess sun or swoosh down the ski slopes.

  • Unaware of their own strength, they teeter on the edge of the victim abyss.

  • The one-liners, ungrounded in the best of times, now teeter dangerously close to nastiness.

  • A broad and massive teeter-board was brought in, and balanced across a support about two feet high.

  • Instantly King descended from his pedestal, ran over to the teeter-board, and mounted it at the centre.

  • And when he stooped over to pick up his child he turned into a sand-snipe, and the baby turned into a little teeter-snipe.

  • A few birds flew up from along the shore, some of them "teeter" snipe that had been feeding.

  • But betwixt the pair of you you've nigh druv two old women crazy, and set the whole village a-teeter.