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straddle

美音:[´strædəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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v.跨骑

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名词:straddler 动词过去式:straddled 过去分词:straddled 现在分词:straddling 第三人称单数:straddles

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straddle


/'strædl; `strædl/
v
1 [I, Tn] sit or stand across (sth) with both legs wide apart 跨坐或跨立在(某物)上
*straddle a fence, ditch, horse 跨在栅栏、沟、马上.
2 [Tn] fire shots or drop bombs, etc slightly in front of and behind (a target) 夹叉射击或轰炸(某目标).

straddle


v [T]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: stride]
to sit or stand with your legs on either side of someone or something
 The photo shows him dressed in leather, straddling a motorbike.
if something straddles a line, road, or river, part of it is on one side and part on the other side
straddle sth between sth
 Mount Elgon straddles the border between Kenya and Uganda.
to include different areas of activity, groups, time etc
 Her research straddles mathematics and social sciences.
 immigrants straddling two cultures