straddle
verb /ˈstrædl/
/ˈstrædl/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they straddle | /ˈstrædl/ /ˈstrædl/ |
| he / she / it straddles | /ˈstrædlz/ /ˈstrædlz/ |
| past simple straddled | /ˈstrædld/ /ˈstrædld/ |
| past participle straddled | /ˈstrædld/ /ˈstrædld/ |
| -ing form straddling | /ˈstrædlɪŋ/ /ˈstrædlɪŋ/ |
- straddle something/somebody to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of somebody/something
骑；跨坐；分腿站立 - He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily.
他一骗腿轻而易举地骑上摩托车。
- He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily.
- straddle something to cross, or exist on both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land
跨过，横跨（河流、道路或一片土地） - The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border.
这座山脉横跨法国和瑞士边界。
- The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border.
- straddle something to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people
横跨，同属（不同时期、活动或群体）；两栖于（不同活动） - a writer who straddles two cultures
横贯两种文化的作家
- a writer who straddles two cultures
词源mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling ‘astride’, from stride + the adverbial suffix -ling.