straddle
verb[T]
uk/ˈstræd.əl/us/ˈstræd.əl/tositorstandwithyourlegson eithersideof something:
骑，跨坐；分开腿站在…上Hepulledon hishelmetand straddled themotorbike.他戴上头盔，跨坐在摩托车上。
Something that straddles aline, such as aborderorriver,existson eachsideof it or goesacrossit:
跨过，横跨（边界、河流等）Ourfarmstraddles therailwayline.我们的农场横跨铁道线。
tocombinedifferentstylesorsubjects:
融合，兼顾（不同风格或主题）It'sdescribedas a newkindofdancemusicwhich straddlesjazzandsoul.这被称为一种融合了爵士乐和灵乐的新式舞曲。
mainlyUSdisapproving
to beunabletodecidewhich of twoopinionsabout asubjectisbetterand sopartlysupportbothopinions:
对…持观望态度，对…持骑墙态度It's not the firsttimethisyearthat thepresidenthas beenaccusedof straddling anissue.总统今年已经不是第一次被人指责态度暧昧了。
Boarding and alighting from modes of transport
- aboard
- bestride
- board
- climb
- debark
- deplane
- disembark
- disembarkation
- dismount
- embark
- embarkation
- entrain
- get
- get off
- get on
- get out
- hop
- mount
- reboard
- settle
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Crossing and moving through
Connecting and combining
Doubt & ambivalence