SEESAWとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈsiːsɔː/
• 韻: -iːsɔː

名詞

see-saw (plural see-saws)

1. Alternative spelling of seesaw.
   • 2026 June 17, “England surge to thrilling opening win in World Cup cracker with Croatia”, in The Guardian‎:

     There was a fair helping of stress against Croatia, the 11th best team in the world and the highest ranked pot two nation in the tournament – especially in the first half. It was down to defending that was simply too open and generous. A see-saw opening 45 minutes ended 2-2, Harry Kane scoring England’s goals, the first from a retaken penalty. Martin Baturina and Petar Musa replied for Croatia. England were powerful on corners. The overall sense in open play was confusion.

動詞

see-saw (third-person singular simple present see-saws, present participle see-sawing, simple past and past participle see-sawed)

1. Alternative spelling of seesaw.

アナグラム

• Weases

別の表記

• see-saw

語源

Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: sô, IPA: /ˈsiː.sɔː/
  • 韻: -iːsɔ
• (米国発音) enPR: sô, IPA: /ˈsi.sɔ/
• (cot–caught merger) enPR: sä, IPA: /ˈsiː.sɑː/
  • 韻: -iːsɑ

名詞

seesaw (plural seesaws)

1. A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

   Synonym: teeter-totter

2. A series of up-and-down movements.
3. A series of alternating movements or feelings.
   • 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:

     He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a see-saw between the hypothesis and the fact.

   • 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Manchester Citykept up their unbeaten start to the Premier League season with victory over QPR in an entertaining see-saw encounter at Loftus Road.

4. (medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
5. (chess) A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.

   Synonyms: windmill, Zwickmühle

派生語

動詞

seesaw (third-person singular simple present seesaws, present participle seesawing, simple past and past participle seesawed)

1. (intransitive) To use a seesaw.
2. (intransitive, by extension) To fluctuate.
   • 1971, “All I Want”, in Blue, performed by Joni Mitchell:

     When I think of your kisses / My mind see-saws

3. (transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
   • 1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:

     He see-saws himself to and fro.

形容詞

seesaw (comparative more seesaw, superlative most seesaw)

1. fluctuating.

アナグラム

• Weases