teeter-totter
teeter-totter — 名詞
1. a children's playground board on a center support, so one rider goes up when the
蹺蹺板
中間有支點，兩端會上下起伏的遊樂板
a children's playground board on a center support, so one rider goes up when the rider at the other end goes down.
The children lined up for the teeter-totter beside the swings after lunch.
孩子們午餐後在鞦韆旁排隊等著玩蹺蹺板。
beside the swings: common playground setting
Min pushed off the ground and lifted Zuri high on the teeter-totter.
Min 用腳一蹬地，把 Zuri 送到蹺蹺板的高處。
push off the ground: making the board rise
A teacher checked the wet teeter-totter before the class went outside.
老師先檢查那座濕濕的蹺蹺板，才讓全班到外面去。
The smaller boy laughed when the teeter-totter dropped him gently to the sand.
那個較小的男孩笑了，因為蹺蹺板輕輕把他放回沙地上。
At the park, Hugo waited until the teeter-totter was free.
在公園裡，Hugo 一直等到蹺蹺板空出來。
wait until it is free: taking turns on equipment
- ride a teeter-totter
- wait for the teeter-totter
- a wet teeter-totter
- teeter-totter beside the swings
- push off the ground
用法筆記
Mainly American. British English more often uses seesaw, and the word usually refers to the long playground board that two children ride from opposite ends.