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Definition
see-saw /'si:sↄ:/ n ၁။ ( US also teeter-totter ) [C] ခူေမာင္းပံုစံရိွ၊ တစ္ဖက္တစ္ခ်က္ လူစီးကစားရေသာအရာ။ ဆီးေဆာ။ have a go on the see-saw. ၂။ အတက္အက်မ်ား။ a see-saw in prices/trading. v ၁။ ဆီးေဆာစီးသည္။ ၂။ တက္လိုက္က်လိုက္ျဖစ္သည္။ ဘတစ္ျပန္ က်ားတစ္ျပန္ ျဖစ္သည္။ Prices see-saw according to demand. ❍ The game see-sawed back and forth.
Examples
- ‘There have already been hundreds of people coming to this park
- and because there is such a big demand
- we are planning on adding a second set of swings
- see-saws
- sand pit and benches.’
- ‘Every block has a park with the usual swing
- see-saw and playthings.’
- ‘Some brought see-saws
- slides and swings to their frames.’
- ‘This week some swings and see-saws have been put in the site.’
- ‘All the traditional features
- such as climbing frames
- swings
- see-saws and slides
- can be seen but there is so much more besides.’
- ‘Thirteen children's playgrounds are to be shut down but swings
- see-saws and slides on six other sites are to be saved.’
- ‘The display now includes a see-saw
- rocking horse
- Santas
- gnomes and elves.’
- ‘Therefore
- he had plenty of time for such wholesome activities as sitting motionless on the edge of a see-saw.’
- ‘Greta told me of her childhood when she enjoyed visits to Feniscowles Hall
- which then had pleasure gardens with swings and see-saws.’
- ‘Swings
- a see-saw and a slide had already been ordered.’
- ‘It journeys through an assault course of fields
- hills
- rivers
- woods
- a see-saw and other exciting obstacles.’
- ‘If this proposed standard is adopted
- it will outlaw all but the tiniest horses and it also affects other indoor toys such as swings and see-saws.’
- ‘When not on the beach
- Rian enjoyed the children's playground
- which offered a slide
- see-saw and fortress.’
- ‘Few contests ever have involved so much see-saw emotion.’
- ‘The intellectual see-saw continues as we're carefully guided through an ethical minefield of technologies.’
- ‘The emotional see-saw of her life so far
- with its successes and failures
- knows few limits.’
- ‘In these see-saw markets
- in whom
- or what
- do we trust?’
- ‘Fuel surcharges have see-sawed this year
- going up to as high as US $112 per container.’
- ‘First
- it is suggested that successive attempts to expound a Marxian theory of nature have see-sawed between naturalistic and social constructionist positions.’
- ‘Volatility was rife in the markets last week
- with all major indexes see-sawing.’