单词 | seesaw |
释义 | seesaw (siːsɔː ) also see-saw Word forms: seesaws , seesawing , seesawed 1. countable noun A seesaw is a long board which is balanced on a fixed part in the middle. To play on it, a child sits on each end, and when one end goes up, the other goes down. There was a sandpit, a seesaw and a swing in the playground. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In a seesaw situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again. ...a seesaw price situation. ...the seesaw way of politics. Seesaw is also a noun. Marriage, however, is an emotional seesaw. 3. verb If someone's emotions seesaw, or a particular situation seesaws, they continually change from one state to another and back again. The Tokyo stock market see-sawed up and down. [VERB] Synonyms: alternate, swing, fluctuate, teeter Translations: Chinese: 跷跷板 Japanese: シーソー |
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