yo-yo
yo-yo — 名詞
1. a toy with two round sides on an axle that spins down and climbs back up a strin
溜溜球
用線操控上下轉動的玩具
a toy with two round sides on an axle that spins down and climbs back up a string when your hand gives it a quick pull
Walid showed his cousin how the yo-yo climbed back after one sharp tug.
Walid 教表弟怎麼讓溜溜球輕輕一拉就彈回手上。
show how the yo-yo climbs back
At lunch break, Mira practiced yo-yo tricks beside the basketball court.
午休時，Mira 在籃球場旁練習溜溜球花招。
collocation: practice yo-yo tricks
The toy shop window had a wooden yo-yo painted with red stars.
玩具店櫥窗裡擺著一顆畫有紅星的木製溜溜球。
Femi wound the yo-yo string carefully before putting it into his bag.
Femi 把溜溜球的線仔細纏好後，才放進包包裡。
- spinning toy
a broad description that includes other toys, not only this string toy
- skill toy
stresses that you control it with practice and tricks
文法句型
play with + a yo-yo
do + yo-yo tricks
wind + the yo-yo string
用法筆記
Usually used for the toy itself or for the skill object used in tricks. Unlike sense 2, this sense refers to something you hold and play with.
常見錯誤
2. a round piece of cloth pulled tight with stitching around the edge so it forms s
抽褶圓飾
縫線收緊後形成皺褶的圓布飾
a round piece of cloth pulled tight with stitching around the edge so it forms small folds and can be used as decoration
Tanvi stitched a yo-yo onto the pillow cover to brighten the corner.
Tanvi 把一個抽褶圓飾縫到抱枕套上，好讓角落更明亮。
sew a yo-yo onto + cloth
The sewing guide showed how each yo-yo could become a flower on the quilt.
那本縫紉指南示範每個抽褶圓飾怎麼變成被子上的花朵。
yo-yo on a quilt
Romi arranged six fabric yo-yos around the lamp shade before sewing them down.
Romi 先把六個布製抽褶圓飾排在燈罩周圍，再把它們縫牢。
At the craft fair, one bag was trimmed with tiny yo-yos in pastel colours.
在手作市集上，有一個包包綴著粉彩色的小抽褶圓飾。
- fabric rosette
a more general sewing term for a round cloth ornament
- cloth trim piece
describes its use, but not every trim piece has this gathered shape
文法句型
sew + a yo-yo + onto + cloth
make + fabric yo-yos
trim + something + with + yo-yos
用法筆記
Used mainly in quilting and sewing. Unlike sense 1, it names a gathered fabric ornament rather than the toy on a string.
常見錯誤
yo-yo — 形容詞
1. describing something that keeps jumping between higher and lower levels, or movi
大起大落的
反覆升降、忽高忽低的
describing something that keeps jumping between higher and lower levels, or moving sharply up and down, so that it feels unstable
The club endured another yo-yo season between the top two leagues.
那支球隊又經歷了一個大起大落的球季，在兩個聯盟間升降。
yo-yo season
Analysts warned that yo-yo prices were making it hard for families to plan ahead.
分析師警告，大起大落的價格讓家庭很難提前規畫。
yo-yo prices
Justin's yo-yo moods made the children wait by the kitchen door.
Justin 大起大落的情緒，讓孩子們在開口前都先站在廚房門邊觀察。
The company faces yo-yo demand whenever fuel prices jump.
每逢燃料價格跳升，這家公司就得面對大起大落的需求。
- unstable
more neutral and does not strongly suggest repeated ups and downs
- volatile
more formal and especially common in business writing
- up-and-down
informal like 'yo-yo', often used for uneven results or moods
文法句型
yo-yo + prices
yo-yo + season
yo-yo + demand
yo-yo + moods
用法筆記
Common in news and informal comment for repeated rises and falls in prices, results, demand, or form. It is more vivid and less formal than words like 'unstable' or 'volatile'.
yo-yo — 動詞
- yo-yopresent simple I / you / we / they
- yo-yoshe / she / it
- yo-yoedpast simple
- yo-yoing-ing form
1. to shoot down and spring back up again, or to keep changing between higher and l
起伏
快速上下移動或反覆變動
to shoot down and spring back up again, or to keep changing between higher and lower levels again and again
The elevator cable made the load yo-yo above the workers' heads.
電梯鋼索讓那批貨物在工人頭上上下起伏。
make something yo-yo
Oil prices yo-yoed for days after the storm damaged the main port.
暴風雨破壞主要港口後，油價連續好幾天都在起伏。
prices yo-yoed
As the beginner learned the trick, the toy kept yo-yoing near his knees.
那位初學者學花招時，玩具一直在他膝蓋附近上下起伏。
Attendance yo-yoed all winter because snow kept closing the mountain road.
因為積雪老是封住山路，出席人數整個冬天都在起伏。
文法句型
prices yo-yo
yo-yo between + levels
make + something + yo-yo
用法筆記
Often used for prices, support, attendance, or other numbers that change sharply again and again. For the physical movement, the subject is usually the object bouncing on the string or the force making it move.