(also see-saw)Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense seesaws, present participle seesawing, past tense, past participle seesawed
1N-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. 跷跷板
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。
2ADJ [ADJ n]来回往复的;拉锯式的 In a seesaw situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again. 来回往复的;拉锯式的
...a seesaw price situation.
价格来回波动
...the seesaw way of politics.
政治上的拉锯战
Seesaw is also a noun.
Marriage, however, is an emotional seesaw.
然而婚姻是一块感情跷跷板。
3VERB (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. (感情或某种局面)摇摆不定,不断反复,来回波动