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

• Up ahead appeared something like a sluice gate, straddling the tracks.
  前方出现了一个大水闸似的建筑，拦腰横跨在铁道上。
• By random chance, a particle-antiparticle pair can flit into existence straddling the event horizon.
  跨越事件视界时，一对粒子-反粒子对能够以某种随机性产生。
• The wall shelters the garden from the north wind. The boy sat straddling the fence.
  围墙给园子挡住了北风。那个男孩跨坐于围墙上。
• Western leaders must spell out how Ukraine – an ethnically diverse country straddling Russia and the eastern borders of the EU – can enjoy a special position in Europe.
  西方领导人必须清楚地表明，乌克兰这个地跨俄罗斯和欧盟东部边界之间的多民族国家在欧洲将可享有一种特殊地位。
• This includes the specific technological and financial constraints of today's market, as well as a discussion of the inherent challenges of straddling the fence between production and design.
  这包括当今市场上的特定的技术和财政约束，同时还讨论了在制作和设计这两个角色之间如何平衡的与生俱来的挑战问题。
• Abyei, which sits on rich oil fields straddling the north-south border, is claimed by both sides.
  阿卜耶伊座落在跨越苏丹南北边境线的石油蕴藏丰富的油田上，双方都声称这片油田属于自己。
• 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。
• 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。
• A town straddling the border between Austria and hungary.
  跨越奥地利和匈牙利两国边境的城镇。
• When I entered his shop last month, I saw my barber straddling two jobs.
  上个月，我进到店里，看见理发师正同时忙着两个活儿。