straddling

英 [ˈstrædlɪŋ]

美 [ˈstrædlɪŋ]

v.  骑; 跨坐; 分腿站立; 跨过，横跨(河流、道路或一片土地); 横跨，同属(不同时期、活动或群体); 两栖于(不同活动)
straddle的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 骑;跨坐;叉开双腿坐
  If youstraddlesomething, you put or have one leg on either side of it.
  1. He sat down, straddling the chair.
     他跨坐在椅子上。
• VERB 横跨，跨越(河流、道路、边境等)
  If somethingstraddlesa river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it.
  1. A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.
     一座小木桥横跨在排水渠上。
  2. ...this town that straddles the US-Mexico border.
     这座跨越美国和墨西哥边境的小镇
• VERB 横跨，跨越，同属(不同时期、群体或活动领域等)
  Someone or something thatstraddlesdifferent periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all.
  1. Our lives have straddled a period of greater change than perhaps any since the end of the Roman Empire...
     我们生活的这个时期所经历的变革可能是罗马帝国灭亡以来最巨大的。
  2. He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in Britain and later converted to Islam.
     他具有两种文化背景，先是在英国长大，后又皈依了伊斯兰教。

双语例句

• Final act of the United Nations Conference on straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks;
  联合国跨界鱼类种群和高度洄游鱼类种群会议最后文件；
• George made pots of money by straddling.
  乔治一手买进一手卖出地赚了一大笔钱。
• The president is straddling the fence on this issue, hoping the public will forget it.
  总统对这个问题采取中立态度，希望公众会忘掉它。
• Straddling the southern edge of the Northern Hemisphere's permafrost, the lake provides drinking water for the country, and livestock graze its steppes.
  苏古尔湖地处北半球永久冻土带南端，它为蒙古国提供了饮水，牲畜在湖边大草原上游牧。
• He stepped over the fallen figure, straddling her back.
  他抬脚跨上摔倒在地的人，骑在她的背上。
• Three swing states appear to be straddling both universes.
  三个摇摆不定的州对两位候选人似乎都支持。
• The boy sat straddling the fence.
  那个男孩跨坐于围墙上。
• Behind the rustic counter are three large pools of sea-green water, a wooden plank straddling each.
  这里恍若一座室内游泳池：在乡村式柜台的背后，赫然是三个大水池，池水泛着海绿色，上面分别架着一块木板。
• The study found that immigrant girls are more adept at straddling cultures than boys.
  研究发现，移民女孩子比男孩子更善于包容不同的文化。
• And there I am straddling a jet ski.
  就能看到我跨在滑雪板上。