straddle

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

Translation

vi. 蹲或跨坐在(某物)兩側;
vt. 蹲或跨坐在(某物)兩側;
n. 蹲或跨坐在(某物)兩側的動作。
Word Forms
現在分詞straddling
第三人稱單數straddles
過去式straddled
過去分詞straddled
複數straddles

Phrases & Collocations

straddle position

跨坐姿勢

straddle the fence

兩頭打算

Example Sentences

straddle on the tariff issue

對關稅問題持觀望態度

straddle a political question

對一政治問題持觀望態度

The village straddles the frontier.

這村莊橫跨邊境線。

The shots straddled the target.

炮彈落在目標之側。

a man who had straddled the issue of taxes.

一個對稅收問題持騎牆態度的人。

he turned the chair round and straddled it.

他把椅子轉過來,然後跨坐在上面。

Real-world Examples

Avery straddled the rope and jumped.

埃弗裏叉起腿坐到繩子上蕩起來。

Source: Charlotte's Web

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

有或沒有許可,他們都可以輕鬆地跨越法律、轄區和身份。

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.

莫妮卡,就算你騎着他進去,他們也不會相信的。

Source: Friends Season 2

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

“把那隻青蛙拿出來!”弗恩吩咐他。艾弗裏騎在繩索上,猛地往下一跳。

Source: Charlotte's Web

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

接着,你叉起腿坐在繩結上,就像坐在座位裏一樣。

Source: Charlotte's Web

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

其中有許多人像烏茲別克人、塔吉克人和普什圖人,都跨越了這個國家的邊界。

Source: Realm of Legends

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

它遊蕩在神聖與世俗的邊界,能成爲社會的黏合劑,也能讓社會分化。

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."

“極少數有辦法、有才智的人能夠跨越這道鴻溝。”

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.

有傳言稱,太陽神赫利俄斯的巨型雕像實際上並沒有橫跨在羅茲島的港口入口處。

Source: Encyclopædia Britannica

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

這意味着塊體可以跨越金屬管道和周圍岩石之間的界面。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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