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see-saw

verb
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
 (especially British English)
(also seesaw especially in North American English)
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they see-saw
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
he / she / it see-saws
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːz/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːz/
past simple see-sawed
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːd/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːd/
past participle see-sawed
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːd/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːd/
-ing form see-sawing
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔːɪŋ/
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  1. see-saw (from A to B) to keep changing from one situation, opinion, emotion, etc. to another and back again（局势、意见、感情等）摇摆不定，不断反复，交替
    • Her emotions see-sawed from anger to fear.她一会儿气，一会儿怕，情绪变来变去。🔊🔊
    • Share prices see-sawed all day.整整一天，股票价格时涨时跌，不断变化。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw (symbolic of the sawing motion).

see-saw

noun
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
🔊/ˈsiː sɔː/
 (especially British English)
(also seesaw especially in North American English)
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  1. (North American English also teeter-totter)
     [countable] a piece of equipment for children to play on consisting of a long flat piece of wood that is supported in the middle. A child sits at each end and makes the see-saw move up and down.跷跷板
    • Can we go on the see-saw?我们可以去跷跷板吗？
    Topics Games and toysc2
  2. [singular] a situation in which things keep changing from one state to another and back again拉锯局面（指来回往复，起伏不断）
    • The match was a see-saw battle between the two teams.这场比赛是两队之间的拉锯战。
    3. Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw (symbolic of the sawing motion).