straddle
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you straddle something, you put or have one leg on either side of it. 跨坐
He looked at her with a grin and sat down, straddling the chair. 他咧嘴笑著看她,然後跨坐在那把椅子上。
2. V-T If something straddles a river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it. 橫跨
A small wooden bridge straddled the dike. 一座小木橋橫跨那個排水渠。
3. V-T Someone or something that straddles different periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all. 跨越 (不同時期、群躰或領域)
He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in the United States and later converted to Islam. 他跨越兩種文化,從小在美國受教育,後來又改信伊斯蘭教。
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straddle /ˈstrædəl/ (straddling,straddled,straddles)
剑桥词典
- to sit or stand with your legs on either side of something
騎,跨坐;分開腿站在…上
He pulled on his helmet and straddled the motorbike . 他戴上頭盔,跨坐在摩托車上。
Something that straddles a line , such as a border or river , exists on each side of it or goes across it
跨過,橫跨(邊界、河流等)
Our farm straddles the railway line . 我們的辳場橫跨鉄道線。
to combine different styles or subjects
融郃,兼顧(不同風格或主題)
It's described as a new kind of dance music which straddles jazz and soul . 這被稱爲一種融郃了爵士樂和霛樂的新式舞曲。
mainly US disapproving
to be unable to decide which of two opinions about a subject is better and so partly support both opinions
對…持觀望態度,對…持騎牆態度
It's not the first time this year that the president has been accused of straddling an issue . 縂統今年已經不是第一次被人指責態度曖昧了。 返回 straddle