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

• Right now, you're straddling the state line.
  现在，你跨越了两国的边界。
• Draft Convention on the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks on the high seas;
  养护和管理公海跨界鱼类种群和高度洄游鱼类种群公约草案；
• The president is straddling the fence on this issue, hoping the public will forget it.
  总统对这个问题采取中立态度，希望公众会忘掉它。
• 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。
• Behind the rustic counter are three large pools of sea-green water, a wooden plank straddling each.
  这里恍若一座室内游泳池：在乡村式柜台的背后，赫然是三个大水池，池水泛着海绿色，上面分别架着一块木板。
• The boy sat straddling the fence.
  那个男孩跨坐于围墙上。
• 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。
• Garbage First aims to replace CMS and takes a somewhat different approach, straddling the young generation-tenured generation boundary.
  GarbageFirst的目标在于替换掉CMS并且采取了某些不同的方式&跨越了新生区和老年区的边界。
• 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。
• Conference on straddling and migratory fish stocks;
  跨界和洄游鱼类种群会议；