seesaw
- IPA[ˈsēˌsô]
美式
- a long plank balanced in the middle on a fixed support, on each end of which children sit and swing up and down by pushing the ground alternately with their feet.；a situation characterized by rapid, repeated changes from one state or condition to another
- change rapidly and repeatedly from one position, situation, or condition to another and back again；cause (something) to move back and forth or up and down rapidly and repeatedly
verb: see-saw, 3rd person present: see-saws, gerund or present participle: see-sawing, past tense: see-sawed, past participle: see-sawed
noun: see-saw, plural noun: see-saws
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a long plank balanced in the middle on a fixed support, on each end of which children sit and swing up and down by pushing the ground alternately with their feet.
- ▪ a situation characterized by rapid, repeated changes from one state or condition to another the emotional seesaw of a first love affair seesaw interest rates
動詞
- 1. change rapidly and repeatedly from one position, situation, or condition to another and back again the market seesawed as rumors spread of an imminent cabinet reshuffle
- ▪ cause (something) to move back and forth or up and down rapidly and repeatedly Sybil seesawed the car back and forth
