| 单词 | teeter |
| 释义 | teeter (once / 6071 pages) vn To teeter is to waver or sway a bit from lack of balance. When people first learn to ride a bicycle, they inevitably teeter for a while before becoming more skilled and confident. A beginning gymnast will teeter on the balance beam, and anyone who's not accustomed to high-heeled shoes will teeter as they walk in them. Figuratively, you might even teeter, or hesitate, between two hard choices. A "teeter-totter," or seesaw, is a playground toy for two people, a long board fixed on a center support, designed so that when one kid is down, the other is up. WORD FAMILYteeter: teetered, teetering, teeters USAGE EXAMPLESA week later, Muhammad was still teetering between life and death. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) As the regime teetered and fell, Mr. Bakiyev fled and found refuge in Belarus. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) But the fact that they describe a teetering world of rigid class boundaries and vanishing deference is often mistaken for a tacit endorsement. The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) 1v move unsteadily, with a rocking motion Syn|Hyper seesaw, totter move move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion 2n a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Syn|Hyper dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board plaything, toy an artifact designed to be played with |
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