seesaw

• Игровой снаряд на детской площадке, состоящий из длинной доски, уравновешенной на центральной опоре, позволяющий детям на концах поочерёдно подниматься и опускаться.

A playground apparatus consisting of a long plank balanced on a central pivot, allowing children at either end to move up and down alternately.

1. Playground equipmentA2formal

   A long plank balanced on a central pivot, allowing children to sit at each end and move up and down alternately.

   Качели-балансир

   • The children laughed as they played on the seesaw in the park.
   • She pushed off the ground to lift her friend on the seesaw.
   • The old wooden seesaw creaked with every movement.

   Синонимыteeter-totterteeterboard

2. Alternating movement or changeB2informal

   A situation characterized by repeated changes from one state to another, like an up-and-down motion.

   Качели

   • The stock market has been on a seesaw all week, rising and falling unpredictably.
   • Their relationship was a seesaw of arguments and reconciliations.
   • The game was a seesaw of momentum, with both teams taking turns leading.

   Синонимыalternationback and forthfluctuationfluxoscillationswingto and frovacillationvariationwavering

• Глагол, используемый для обозначения движения вверх-вниз или взад-вперёд, или чередования между двумя состояниями или положениями.

A verb used to indicate moving up and down or back and forth, or alternating between two states or positions.

1. Ride on a plankA2informal

   To play on a seesaw, moving up and down alternately with another person.

   Качаться на качелях-балансире

   • The children seesawed in the park for hours.
   • They were happily seesawing back and forth.
   • She loves to seesaw with her younger brother.

   Синонимыteeter-totter

2. Move up and downB1informal

   To move alternately up and down, resembling the motion of a seesaw.

   Колебаться

   • The boat seesawed on the rough waves.
   • His emotions seesawed between joy and despair.
   • The stock market seesawed throughout the day.

   Синонимыbobfluctuateoscillaterockswayswingteetertotter

3. Move unsteadilyB1informal

   To move with a rocking or unsteady motion, as if about to fall.

   Качаться

   • The toddler seesawed as he took his first steps.
   • The old chair seesawed on its uneven legs.
   • He seesawed on the edge of the cliff, trying to keep his balance.

   Синонимыlurchrockswayteetertotterwobble