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seesaw

['siːsɔː] брит. / амер.

  1. сущ.

      1. детские качели (в виде доски, уравновешенной в центре)

      2. качание на доске (игра)

    1. возвратно-поступательное движение

    2. метание из одной крайности в другую; непоследовательность

  2. прил.

      1. возвратно-поступательный

      2. двигающийся вверх и вниз или взад и вперёд (как пила)

    1. неустойчивый, нестабильный; непоследовательный

  3. гл.

    1. двигаться вверх и вниз или взад и вперёд

    2. качаться (на доске)

    3. проявлять нерешительность, колебаться; метаться

  4. нареч.

    1. вверх и вниз, взад и вперёд

    2. неустойчиво, нестабильно; переменчиво

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

seesaw

  1. n

    (детские) качели (доска на бревне)

  2. ad

    1. вверх-вниз

    2. нерешительно

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Examples from texts

In the distance one could see that fellow on the pillar standing rigid against the background of sky, his seesaw stopped for the first time in twenty years.
Вдали, на фоне неба, виден был столпник, застывший на своем столбе, – впервые за двадцать лет он перестал кланяться, как болванчик.
Twain, Mark / A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's CourtТвен, Марк / Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура
Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура
Твен, Марк
© Н. Чуковский. Наследники. 2010
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Twain, Mark
© 2009 by Seven Treasures Publications
If we take a bird's-eye view of what happens to self-esteem in the course of a neurotic development, we come upon two pairs of seesaw processes.
Если мы посмотрим с более общей точки зрения на то, что происходит с чувством собственного достоинства в процессе развития невроза, то столкнемся с двумя парами колебательных процессов.
Horney, Karen / Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of NeurosisХорни, Карен / Наши внутренние конфликты. Конструктивная теория невроза
Наши внутренние конфликты. Конструктивная теория невроза
Хорни, Карен
Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis
Horney, Karen
© renewed 1972 by Renate Mintz, Marianne von Eckardt andHorney Swarzenski Brigitte
© 1945 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
He heard a papery rustle , and saw an advertising supplement slip out of the Boston Globe and go seesawing down into the gutter.
Послышался бумажный шелест, из газеты выскользнул и полетел, в водосточную канаву рекламный проспект.
King, Stephen / InsomniaКинг, Стивен / Бессонница
Бессонница
Кинг, Стивен
© Stephen King, 1994
© Перевод. Т.Ю. Покидаева, 2003
© ООО "Издательство АСТ", 2003
Insomnia
King, Stephen
© Stephen King, 1994
I trailed off and seesawed my hand in the air.
— Я не договорил и неопределённо взмахнул рукой.
King, Stephen / Duma KeyКинг, Стивен / Дьюма-Ки
Дьюма-Ки
Кинг, Стивен
© Перевод В.А. Вебер, 2008
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
© Stephen King, 2008
Duma Key
King, Stephen
© 2008 by Stephen King

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'siːsɔːNounдетские качели

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  1. 1.

    Кочели

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Collocations

go seesaw
колебаться
seesaw circuit
схема анодного повторителя
seesaw motion
возвратно-поступательное движение
seesaw murmur
пилящий шум
seesaw nystagmus
диссоциированный вертикальный нистагм
seesaw policy
неустойчивая политика
seesaw battle
бой с переменным успехом
seesaw motion
колебательное движение
seesaw market
нестабильный рынок
seesaw market
неустойчивость конъюнктуры
seesaw murmur
пилящий шум сердца

Word forms

seesaw

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseseesawseesaws
Possessive caseseesaw'sseesaws'

seesaw

verb
Basic forms
Pastseesawed
Imperativeseesaw
Present Participle (Participle I)seesawing
Past Participle (Participle II)seesawed
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I seesawwe seesaw
you seesawyou seesaw
he/she/it seesawsthey seesaw
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am seesawingwe are seesawing
you are seesawingyou are seesawing
he/she/it is seesawingthey are seesawing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have seesawedwe have seesawed
you have seesawedyou have seesawed
he/she/it has seesawedthey have seesawed
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been seesawingwe have been seesawing
you have been seesawingyou have been seesawing
he/she/it has been seesawingthey have been seesawing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I seesawedwe seesawed
you seesawedyou seesawed
he/she/it seesawedthey seesawed
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was seesawingwe were seesawing
you were seesawingyou were seesawing
he/she/it was seesawingthey were seesawing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had seesawedwe had seesawed
you had seesawedyou had seesawed
he/she/it had seesawedthey had seesawed
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been seesawingwe had been seesawing
you had been seesawingyou had been seesawing
he/she/it had been seesawingthey had been seesawing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will seesawwe shall/will seesaw
you will seesawyou will seesaw
he/she/it will seesawthey will seesaw
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be seesawingwe shall/will be seesawing
you will be seesawingyou will be seesawing
he/she/it will be seesawingthey will be seesawing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have seesawedwe shall/will have seesawed
you will have seesawedyou will have seesawed
he/she/it will have seesawedthey will have seesawed
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been seesawingwe shall/will have been seesawing
you will have been seesawingyou will have been seesawing
he/she/it will have been seesawingthey will have been seesawing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would seesawwe should/would seesaw
you would seesawyou would seesaw
he/she/it would seesawthey would seesaw
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be seesawingwe should/would be seesawing
you would be seesawingyou would be seesawing
he/she/it would be seesawingthey would be seesawing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have seesawedwe should/would have seesawed
you would have seesawedyou would have seesawed
he/she/it would have seesawedthey would have seesawed
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been seesawingwe should/would have been seesawing
you would have been seesawingyou would have been seesawing
he/she/it would have been seesawingthey would have been seesawing
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am seesawedwe are seesawed
you are seesawedyou are seesawed
he/she/it is seesawedthey are seesawed
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being seesawedwe are being seesawed
you are being seesawedyou are being seesawed
he/she/it is being seesawedthey are being seesawed
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been seesawedwe have been seesawed
you have been seesawedyou have been seesawed
he/she/it has been seesawedthey have been seesawed
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was seesawedwe were seesawed
you were seesawedyou were seesawed
he/she/it was seesawedthey were seesawed
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being seesawedwe were being seesawed
you were being seesawedyou were being seesawed
he/she/it was being seesawedthey were being seesawed
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been seesawedwe had been seesawed
you had been seesawedyou had been seesawed
he/she/it had been seesawedthey had been seesawed
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be seesawedwe shall/will be seesawed
you will be seesawedyou will be seesawed
he/she/it will be seesawedthey will be seesawed
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been seesawedwe shall/will have been seesawed
you will have been seesawedyou will have been seesawed
he/she/it will have been seesawedthey will have been seesawed