straddle

[US]/'stræd(ə)l/
[UK]/'strædl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. duduk atau berdiri dengan satu kaki di kedua sisi (sesuatu)
vt. duduk atau berdiri dengan satu kaki di kedua sisi (sesuatu)
n. tindakan duduk atau berdiri dengan satu kaki di kedua sisi (sesuatu)
Word Forms
Present Participlestraddling
Third Person Singularstraddles
Past Tensestraddled
Past Participlestraddled
Pluralstraddles

Phrases & Collocations

straddle position

posisi melilit

straddle the fence

berdiri di atas pagar

Example Sentences

straddle on the tariff issue

menyeberangi masalah tarif

straddle a political question

menyeberangi pertanyaan politik

The village straddles the frontier.

Desa itu terletak di perbatasan.

The shots straddled the target.

Tembakannya melintasi sasaran.

a man who had straddled the issue of taxes.

seorang pria yang telah menyeberangi masalah pajak.

he turned the chair round and straddled it.

dia memutar kursi dan duduk di atasnya.

Real-world Examples

Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Avery melompati tali sambil duduk di atasnya.

Source: Charlotte's Web

With or without permission, they straddle laws, jurisdictions, and identities with ease.

Dengan atau tanpa izin, mereka melintasi hukum, yurisdiksi, dan identitas dengan mudah.

Source: Past exam papers for English reading comprehension (English II) in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Monica Monica, you could come in straddling him, they still wouldn't believe it.

Monica Monica, kamu bisa masuk sambil duduk di atasnya, mereka tetap tidak akan percaya.

Source: Friends Season 2

Take that frog out! ordered Fern. Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

Keluarkan katak itu! perintah Fern. Avery melompati tali sambil duduk di atasnya.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Then you straddled the knot, so that it acted as a seat.

Kemudian kamu duduk di atas simpul itu, sehingga berfungsi sebagai tempat duduk.

Source: Charlotte's Web

Many of which like the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Pashtuns straddled the country's borders.

Banyak di antaranya, seperti orang Uzbek, Tajik, dan Pashtun, yang berada di perbatasan negara.

Source: Realm of Legends

Straddling the boundary between the sacred and the profane, they can be great social unifiers and dividers.

Melintasi batas antara yang suci dan yang duniawi, mereka dapat menjadi pemersatu dan pemecah belah sosial yang hebat.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

" It is the rare person who has the tools and resourcefulness to straddle the divide."

“Sungguh jarang seseorang yang memiliki alat dan kecerdikan untuk melintasi kesenjangan.”

Source: New York Times

The colossal statue of the sun god Helios didn't actually straddle the entrance to Rhodes's harbour as a rumour suggests.

Patung kolosal dewa matahari Helios sebenarnya tidak melintasi pintu masuk pelabuhan Rhodes seperti yang diisyaratkan oleh rumor.

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

This means a block can straddle, say, the interface between a metal pipe and the rock surrounding it.

Ini berarti sebuah blok dapat melintasi, katakanlah, antarmuka antara pipa logam dan batu di sekitarnya.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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