seesaw

英 [ˈsiː sɔː , ˈsiːsɔː]

美 [ˈsiː sɔː , ˈsiːsɔː]

adv.  上下动地[的]; 前后动地[的]; 交互地[的]; 拉锯性地[的]
n.  动摇; 跷跷板(戏); 上下动; 前后动
v.  交替; 涨落; 动摇; (温度等)升降

复数：seesaws　过去式：seesawed　现在分词：seesawing　第三人称单数：seesaws　过去分词：seesawed　

TEM8

BNC.42392 / COCA.22793

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 跷跷板
  Aseesawis 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.
  1. There was a sandpit, a seesaw and a swing in the playground.
     游乐场上有一处沙坑、一块跷跷板和一个秋千架。
• ADJ 来回往复的;拉锯式的
  In aseesawsituation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.
  1. ...a seesaw price situation.
     价格来回波动
  2. ...the seesaw way of politics.
     政治上的拉锯战
  3. Seesawis also a noun.
     
  4. Marriage, however, is an emotional seesaw.
     然而婚姻是一块感情跷跷板。
• VERB (感情或某种局面)摇摆不定，不断反复，来回波动
  If someone's emotionssee-saw, or a particular situationseesaws, they continually change from one state to another and back again.
  1. The Tokyo stock market seesawed up and down.
     东京股市涨落不定。

英英释义

noun

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum
  Synonym:teeterteeter-totterteetertotterteeterboardtilting boarddandle board

verb

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
  Synonym:teetertotter
• move up and down as if on a seesaw
• ride on a plank
  Synonym:teeter-totterteetertotter

双语例句

• In local jewelry market, retailers are quietly launching a seesaw battle as China National Day is coming in dozens days and the gold price remains at high level although there's no big up and down.
  零售市场方面，沈阳的金饰品价格虽然没有大起大落的表现，但在国际金价冲高与节日促销的夹击之下，也偷偷地玩起了“拉锯战”。
• There was a sandpit, a seesaw and a swing in the playground.
  游乐场上有一处沙坑、一块跷跷板和一个秋千架。
• Seesaw effect is expected to show Real funds will flow into the stock market?
  跷跷板效应有望显现炒房资金会流入股市吗？
• The most exciting one is a seesaw match.
  最令人兴奋的是那种比分接近的比赛。
• They have a children's playground and facilities such as swings, slides, seesaw and skating rink. They can also play skip rope and hide-and-seek.
  他们有儿童操场和各种设施，比如秋千、滑梯、跷跷板和溜冰场。孩子还可以玩跳绳和捉迷藏。
• From the financial collapse to seesaw gas prices, the only thing that seems certain today is the record level of national uncertainty.
  从金融危机到波动的燃油价格，现在唯一可以确定的就是这个国家的不确定性达到了历史高点。
• There is a red seesaw in the park.
  公园里有个红色的翘翘板。
• Just before the next sleep period, I watched the faces of Krishna and Cornwallis and saw there a seesaw of hope and despair.
  这次在临睡前，我发现克里斯和康沃的脸上在呈现一场希望和绝望的拉锯战。
• We live our lives just like walking on the seesaw.
  人的一生就像在跷跷板上行走。
• The system for thinking socially and the system for thinking about goals and concepts function like a neural seesaw.
  进行社交思维的系统和思考目标与概念的系统就像是一个神经系统跷跷板。