"teeter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [英语]

IPA: /ˈtiːtə/, /ˈtitəɹ/, [ˈtʰiɾɚ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teeter.wav Forms: teeters [plural]
Etymology: 变换自titter。
  1. 跷跷板
    Sense id: zh-teeter-en-noun-dZR7f6zb Categories (other): 加拿大英語, 美國英語
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (跷跷板): seesaw, teeter-totter

Verb [英语]

IPA: /ˈtiːtə/, /ˈtitəɹ/, [ˈtʰiɾɚ] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-teeter.wav Forms: teeters, teetering, teetered
Etymology: 变换自titter。
  1. 在边缘晃动,摇摇欲坠 Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: zh-teeter-en-verb-emniWPMw Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞, 有引文的英語詞, 英語不及物動詞, 英語引文翻譯請求
  2. 蹒跚 Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: zh-teeter-en-verb-WBM8ossS Categories (other): 英語不及物動詞
  3. 犹豫不决 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-teeter-en-verb-9cZl0Tzl Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞
  4. 岌岌可危 Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: zh-teeter-en-verb--wbtcRvY Categories (other): 有使用例的英語詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (蹒跚): totter Derived forms: teeterer, teeter-totter, teeterboard
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有1個詞條的頁面",
      "parents": [],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
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      "word": "teeterer"
    },
    {
      "word": "teeter-totter"
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  "etymology_text": "变换自titter。",
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      "raw_tags": [
        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "teetering",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teetered",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "英语",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "text": "He teetered on the brink of the precipice.",
          "translation": "他在峭壁的边缘摇摇欲坠。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019年November21日, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, 出自 The Guardian:",
          "text": "The concrete floors of B2B sheds were already being built to an exacting degree of flatness, calibrated using lasers, so that forklifts would not teeter while lifting pallets to the highest shelves."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023年May4日, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, 出自 The New York Times:",
          "text": "This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter."
        }
      ],
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        "在边缘晃动,摇摇欲坠"
      ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity.",
          "translation": "我们之前犹豫要不要买度假的票,结果错过了机会。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "犹豫不决"
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.",
          "translation": "虽然表面光鲜,但是公司已经濒临破产。"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "岌岌可危"
      ],
      "id": "zh-teeter-en-verb--wbtcRvY",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtiːtə/"
    },
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      "sense": "蹒跚",
      "word": "totter"
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "有詞條的頁面",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語可數名詞",
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "英語名詞",
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈtitəɹ/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈtʰiɾɚ]"
    }
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    {
      "sense": "跷跷板",
      "word": "seesaw"
    },
    {
      "sense": "跷跷板",
      "word": "teeter-totter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teeter"
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "teeterer"
    },
    {
      "word": "teeter-totter"
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      "word": "teeterboard"
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  "etymology_text": "变换自titter。",
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        "第三人稱單數簡單現在時"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teetering",
      "raw_tags": [
        "現在分詞"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teetered",
      "raw_tags": [
        "一般過去時及過去分詞"
      ]
    }
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "He teetered on the brink of the precipice.",
          "translation": "他在峭壁的边缘摇摇欲坠。"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019年November21日, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, 出自 The Guardian:",
          "text": "The concrete floors of B2B sheds were already being built to an exacting degree of flatness, calibrated using lasers, so that forklifts would not teeter while lifting pallets to the highest shelves."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023年May4日, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, 出自 The New York Times:",
          "text": "This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter."
        }
      ],
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        "在边缘晃动,摇摇欲坠"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "蹒跚"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity.",
          "translation": "我们之前犹豫要不要买度假的票,结果错过了机会。"
        }
      ],
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        "犹豫不决"
      ],
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      ],
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        }
      ],
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        "岌岌可危"
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈtitəɹ/"
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    {
      "sense": "蹒跚",
      "word": "totter"
    }
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      "sense": "跷跷板",
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    }
  ],
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}

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