see-saw
['si:sɔ:]
- n. 跷跷板
- vi. 玩跷跷板
- adj. 摇摆不定的
实用场景例句
- Her emotions see-sawed from anger to fear.
- 她一会儿气，一会儿怕，情绪变来变去。
牛津词典
- Share prices see-sawed all day.
- 整整一天，股票价格时涨时跌，不断变化。
牛津词典
- Alongside him, Alonso agreement. The 2006 season looks set to be a see-saw ride for them.
- 阿隆索对此也表示了同意. 对于他们来说,2006赛季似乎注定要成为一场拉锯战.
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- PRODUCTS INTRODUCTION Appliance at home: inflatable bed, sofa slide , see saw. Pillow, etc.
- 产品说明家庭用品: 空气床 、 沙发、滑梯 、 翘翘椅、枕头等.
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- Two goals from Edu tipped a see - saw first leg in the Gunners'favour a fortnight ago.
- 两周前,埃度的两个进球使一场进球拉锯战的天平向阿森纳倾斜.
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- Big garden with 450 square meters, triangular, so the more see - saw of high road near distance!
- 花园大带有450平米, 呈三角形展开, 这样更加拉锯了靠近杨高路的距离!
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中文词源
see-saw 跷跷板
比喻用法，词首 see-为 saw 同韵构词，即像锯子一样拉来拉去。
双语例句
- 1. Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation.
- 专家们认为目前通货膨胀加剧有多种原因。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I don't see the point in it really. It's just stupid.
- 我真的不理解这到底有什么意义，简直是愚蠢透顶。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He'd phoned Laura to see if she was better.
- 他打电话给劳拉看她是不是好些了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The criticisms will not stop people flocking to see the film.
- 批评的声音不会阻止人们涌到影院观看这部电影。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.
- 他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。
来自柯林斯例句
英文词源
- see-saw (n.)
- also seesaw, 1630s, in see-saw-sacke a downe (like a Sawyer), words in a rhythmic jingle used by children and repetitive motion workers, probably imitative of the rhythmic back-and-forth motion of sawyers working a two-man saw over wood or stone (see saw (n.1). Ha ha.). Reference to a game of going up and down on a balanced plank is recorded from 1704; figurative sense is from 1714. Applied from 1824 to the plank arranged for the game.
- see-saw (v.)
- also seesaw, "move up and down," 1712, from see-saw (n.). Related: See-sawed; see-sawing.