straddle

pronunciation

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  • v.
    叉开腿
    跨坐
    不表明态度
    [军]向(目标)作夹叉射击[轰炸]
  • n.
    跨坐
    观望
    [军]夹叉射击[轰炸]

Word Origin

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。

Synonym

vt. & vi.

perch

Example

1. Straddle him on top and slide your legs straight out and forward , so that your feet are on either side of his shoulders .
你跨坐其上并将你的双腿向前伸出,于是你的双脚就搁置于他两边的肩膀上。
2. Mr hollande likes to straddle both sides : as his europe minister puts it , france is the hyphen in europe 's north-south division .
但奥朗德则分跨两边,正如欧洲部长所说,法国是欧洲南北两边的连接。
3. As for politically blithe china , it cannot assume that agnosticism is its best strategy for resource security -- it , too , must recalculate , and probably take an unaccustomed political position rather than straddle the fence .
对于在政治上漫不经心的中国来说,自以为不明确表态就是最好的资源安全战略的想法是靠不住了中国必须重新考虑,也许它该采取不同于习惯的政治立场,而不是继续骑墙。

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