seesaws

英 [ˈsiːsɔːz] 美 [ˈsiːsɔːz]

n.  动摇; 跷跷板(戏); 上下动; 前后动
v.  交替; 涨落; 动摇; (温度等)升降
seesaw的第三人称单数和复数



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 跷跷板
    A seesaw is a long board which is balanced on a fixed part in the middle. To play on it, a child sits on each end, and when one end goes up, the other goes down.
    1. There was a sandpit, a seesaw and a swing in the playground.
      游乐场上有一处沙坑、一块跷跷板和一个秋千架。
  2. ADJ 来回往复的;拉锯式的
    In a seesaw situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.
    1. ...a seesaw price situation.
      价格来回波动
    2. ...the seesaw way of politics.
      政治上的拉锯战
    3. Seesaw is also a noun.
    4. Marriage, however, is an emotional seesaw.
      然而婚姻是一块感情跷跷板。
  3. VERB (感情或某种局面)摇摆不定,不断反复,来回波动
    If someone's emotions see-saw, or a particular situation seesaws, they continually change from one state to another and back again.
    1. The Tokyo stock market seesawed up and down.
      东京股市涨落不定。

双语例句

  1. Their seesaws always went up, but they never came down.
    他们的跷跷板总是起来,但是从不下去。
  2. Though seasonal flooding for nearly a century has meant that the lake's size fluctuates throughout the year, it now experiences more radical shifts in size as it seesaws between flooding and drought.
    一个世纪以来洞庭湖水都会因为旱涝的季节性转换而起伏,但现在的问题是,洞庭湖旱涝季节水量悬殊急剧,旱季旱灾,汛期涝灾。
  3. Prices Rise and Fall Debate about Anticipation Seesaws An Analysis and Comment about International Finance during the Second Quarter of 2006
    价格跌宕错落预期争论起伏&2006年第二季度国际金融分析判断