1. | ~ sth/sb 骑;跨坐;分腿站立to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of sb/sth |
He swung his leg over the motorcycle, straddling it easily. 他一骗腿轻而易举地骑上摩托车。 |
2. | ~ sth 跨过,横跨(河流、道路或一片土地)to cross, or exist on both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land |
The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border. 这座山脉横跨法国和瑞士边界。 |
3. | ~ sth 横跨,同属(不同时期、活动或群体);两栖于(不同活动)to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people |
a writer who straddles two cultures 横贯两种文化的作家 |