| 单词 | teeter-board |
| 释义 | > as lemmasteeter-board 1. A see-saw; a see-sawing or swaying motion; the game of see-saw; also figurative hesitation between two alternatives, vacillation. Also attributive, teeter-board (spec. in circus use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun] merry-totter1440 wild mare1600 titter-totter1790 see-saw1824 highty-tighty1825 rantipole1854 teeter1855 joggling-board1883 teeter-totter1959 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > see-sawing see-saw1704 see-sawing1793 teeter1855 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > uncertainty about alternatives balancing1597 pendulousness1641 pendulum1765 teeter1855 1855 Knickerbocker 46 88 We were having a grand time with our ‘teeter’-boards upon the highest fence. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 74 I tell you you've gut to larn thet War ain't one long teeter Betwixt I wan' to an' 'T wunt du. 1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 343/2 Teeters to jump on, rings to swing by. 1883 U.S. Patent 292254 In a teeter, the stands A, having inclined posts a, that are connected on top by the socketed pivot-castings b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 1887 F. T. Havergal Herefordshire Words 34 ‘All on the teater’. 1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 15 Oct. 5 The ‘teter’ or undulating motion..in the present cars is entirely got rid of. 1897 Chicago Advance 30 Sept. 437/2 We [in the U.S.] are not on a teeter-board and have no need to be incessantly concerned about the balance of power. 1965 Sun 26 Oct. 5/1 The Seven Halasi, a Hungarian family using teeter boards. 1979 Times 13 Dec. 7/6 The Kovatchevi troupe..will..bounce a performer from a teeter-board to the shoulders of the top performer. < as lemmas |
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