seesaw

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

跷跷板,跷板,锯齿

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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
- : 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

verbmove back and forth

Forms: seesawed

Synonyms

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.

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

跷跷板,跷板,锯齿

n.名词 noun

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
- : 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

verbmove back and forth

Forms: seesawed

Synonyms

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.