剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - straddle collapse

straddle
/'stræd.l/
verb [T]
* to sit or stand with your legs on either side of something
骑，跨坐；分开腿站在…上

1. He pulled on his helmet and straddled the motorbike.
他戴上安全帽，跨坐在摩托车上。

* Something that straddles a line, such as a border or river, exists on each side of it or goes across it
跨过，横跨（边界、河流等）

1. Our farm straddles the railway line.
我们的农场横跨铁轨。

* to combine different styles or subjects
融合，兼顾（不同风格或主题）

1. It's described as a new kind of dance music which straddles jazz and soul.
它被称作是一种融合爵士乐和灵歌的新式舞曲。

mainly US disapproving
* to be unable to decide which of two opinions about a subject is better and so partly support both opinions
对…持观望态度，对…持骑墙态度

1. It's not the first time this year that the president has been accused of straddling an issue.
总统今年已经不是第一次被人指责态度暧昧了。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - straddle collapse

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1.VERB 动词骑;跨坐;叉开双腿坐 If you straddle something, you put or have one leg on either side of it.

【语法信息】：V n

  • He sat down, straddling the chair.

    他跨坐在椅子上。

2.VERB 动词横跨，跨越(河流、道路、边境等) If something straddles a river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it.

【语法信息】：V n

  • A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.

    一座小木桥横跨在排水渠上。

  • ...this town that straddles the US-Mexico border.

    这座跨越美国和墨西哥边境的小镇

3.VERB 动词横跨，跨越，同属(不同时期、群体或活动领域等) Someone or something that straddles different periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all.

【语法信息】：V n

  • 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。

  • 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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - straddle collapse

straddle
strad·dle / 5strAdl / verb [VN]
1. to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of sb / sth
   骑；跨坐；分腿站立:
   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. to cross, or exist on both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land
   跨过,横跨(河流、道路或一片土地):
   The mountains straddle the French-Swiss border.
   这座山脉横跨法国和瑞士边界。
3. to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people
   横跨,同属(不同时期、活动或群体)；两栖于(不同活动):
   a writer who straddles two cultures
   横贯两种文化的作家

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - straddle collapse

straddle verb
Straddle is used with these nouns as the object: bike, divide, equator

The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - straddle collapse

straddle
 straddle the fence
 Informal
 To be undecided or uncommitted.

新牛津英语同义词词典 - straddle collapse

straddle

verb
1 she straddled the motorbike and revved it up
SIT/STAND ASTRIDE , bestride, bestraddle; mount, get on.

2 a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border
LIE ON BOTH SIDES OF , be situated on both sides of, extend across; span.

3 a man who had straddled the issue of taxes
BE EQUIVOCAL ABOUT , be undecided about, be non-committal about, equivocate about, vacillate about, waver about; Brit. hum and haw; informal sit on the fence.

词源记忆 - straddle collapse

straddle 骑，跨坐，横跨
改写自stride, 大步，阔步，跨，张开；-le, 表反复。引申词义骑，横跨等。