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yo-yo

verb
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they yo-yo
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
he / she / it yo-yos
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊz/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊz/
past simple yo-yoed
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊd/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊd/
past participle yo-yoed
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊd/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊd/
-ing form yo-yoing
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊɪŋ/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊɪŋ/
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  1. (+ adv./prep.) to change repeatedly in size, amount, quality, etc. from one extreme to another上下跳动；左右摇摆
    • When I was young my weight yo-yoed between 140 and 190 pounds.我年轻时体重在 140 到 190 磅之间忽上忽下。🔊🔊
    • The paper industry has yo-yoed between boom and bust.造纸业在繁荣与萧条之间徘徊。

yo-yo

adjective
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
[only before noun]
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  1. changing repeatedly in size, amount, quality, etc. from one extreme to another上下跳动的；左右摇摆的
    • She worries about her pattern of yo-yo dieting.节食后体重反弹，再节食再反弹，她对这种模式很担心。🔊🔊

yo-yo

noun
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
🔊/ˈjəʊ jəʊ/
(also Yo Yo™)
(plural yo-yos, Yo Yos)
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  1. a toy that consists of two round pieces of plastic or wood joined together, with a piece of string wound between them. You put one end of the string around your finger and make the yo-yo go up and down.悠悠球，溜溜球，摇摇（拉线使圆盘旋转着沿线上下来回移动）
    • He kept bouncing up and down like a yo-yo.他像个悠悠球似的不停地上窜下跳。🔊🔊
    Topics Games and toysc2