seesaw

B2 大学 FREQ #39103

n. 跷跷板, 跷跷板游戏, 起伏交替的动作 a. 上下或前后摇动的, 交互的 vi. 玩跷跷板, 上下或来回摇动 vt. 使上下或来回摇动

发音

UK /ˈsiː.sɔː/
US /ˈsi.sɔ/
/ˈsiː.sɑː/

词形变化

seesaws 复数 seesaws seesawed seesawing seesaws 三单 seesawing 现在分词 seesawed 过去式 seesawed 过去分词 more seesaw 比较级 most seesaw 最高级

别名

see-saw

教材释义与例句

名词

跷跷板;秋千

动词

使上下或来回摇动

动词

玩跷跷板;上下来回摇动

形容词

交互的;前后动的

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

    跷跷板

    摇摇板

  2. 2.

    A series of up-and-down movements.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    A series of alternating movements or feelings.

    比喻
  4. 4.

    An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.

    定语 医学
  5. 5.

    A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.

    游戏
v.
  1. 1.

    To use a seesaw.

    玩跷跷板

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To fluctuate.

    比喻 不及物 引申义
  3. 3.

    To cause to move backward and forward in a seesaw fashion.

    比喻 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Fluctuating.

    比喻

词汇关系

词源

Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.

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