straddle /ˈstrædəl/ TEM8 ( straddling, straddled, straddles )

• 1. 

  V-T If you straddle something, you put or have one leg on either side of it. 跨坐

  例：

  He looked at her with a grin and sat down, straddling the chair.

  他咧嘴笑着看她，然后跨坐在那把椅子上。

• 2. 

  V-T If something straddles a river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it. 横跨

  例：

  A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.

  一座小木桥横跨那个排水渠。

• 3. 

  V-T Someone or something that straddles different periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all. 跨越 (不同时期、群体或领域)

  例：

  He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in the United States and later converted to Islam.

  他跨越两种文化，从小在美国受教育，后来又改信伊斯兰教。