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tee·ter-tot·ter AHD[tēʹtər-tŏt'ər] D.J.[ˈtiːtəˌtɒtə]K.K.[ˈtitɚˌtɑtɚ]n.Inland Northern U.S. Western U.S. （名词）【美国北部内陆】 【美国西部】 - See seesaw 参见 seesaw
注释- The outdoor toy usually called aseesaw has a number of regional names, New England having the greatest variety in the smallest area.In southeast New Englandit is called atilt or a tilting board. Speakers in northeast Massachusetts call it ateedle board; in the Narragansett Bay areathe term changes todandle or dandle board. Teeter or teeterboard is used more generally in the northeast United States, whileteeter-totter, probably the most common term after seesaw, is used across the inland northern states and westward to the West Coast.Bothseesaw (from the verb saw ) and teeter-totter (from teeter, as in to teeter on the edge ) demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication, where a word or syllable is doubled,often with a different vowel.Reduplication is typical of words that indicate repeated activity,such as riding up and down on a seesaw.通常称为跷跷板 的户外玩具有很多地区性的名称， 在新英格兰最小的地区就有很多种类。在新英格兰东南部，它被称为tilt 或 tilting board ； 美国马萨诸塞州东北部的人叫它teedle board ； 在纳拉甘西特湾地区，这个术语变为dandle 或 dandle board。 Teeter或 teeter board 在美国东北部应用更广泛。 然而teeter-totter 可能是仅次于 see saw 之后最普通的词， 其应用遍及内陆的北部各州并向西一直到西海岸。seesaw （来自于动词 saw )和 teeter-tooter （来自 teeter ，如在 在悬崖边缘摇摇欲坠 中）都说明了被称为重叠的语言学的进程， 即一个单词或一个音节的重迭，但通常有一个不同的元音。重叠是显示重复活动的单词的典型，例如跨在跷跷板上一上一下
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