astride

prep.

1. 跨（或骑）在…上
   with one leg on each side of sth
   1. to sit astride a horse/bike/chair
      骑马 / 自行车；跨坐在椅子上
   2. a town astride the river
      跨河的城镇

adv.

1. 叉开两腿
   with legs or feet wide apart
2. 跨着；骑着
   with one leg on each side

1. ADV 跨坐地;骑着
   If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
   1. ...three youths who stood astride their bicycles and stared.
      站着跨在自行车上凝视的3个年轻人

1. The bridge stands majestic astride the river.
   大桥巍然横跨在江上。
2. If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man sitting astride it.
   如果这架飞行摩托车算是巨型的话，那么它跟里面的人比起来简直算不了什么。
3. The80-meter Devil's Throat falls sit astride the border of Argentina and Brazil.
   如恶魔的喉咙般的80米的瀑布跨坐在阿根廷和巴西的边界上。
4. If you've ever seen Beyonc é Knowles astride a concert stage or a red carpet, you know she is a woman with a flair for dramatic entrances.
   如果你曾见过碧昂斯·诺尔斯登上音乐会舞台或踏上红毯的情景，你就知道她是个具有戏剧化登场天分的女人。
5. In 2008, we all donated money but this time we decided to come ourselves to help, said one man riding on a scooter as two friends rode astride another one.
   2008年，我们都捐了钱，但这一次我们决定自己赶来出一把力，一名骑在轻型摩托车上的男子说道。他的两个朋友骑在另一辆车上。
6. The naughty boy was sitting astride of the house-roof.
   那个顽皮的男孩跨坐在屋脊上。
7. Ladies ride horses by sitting astride or side-saddle.
   前鞍桥马鞍前面的上部分；
8. Another example is Tianjin, the port and industrial city that sits astride the Hai River on the North China Plain.
   另外的一个例子是天津，它是坐落在海河旁边的北方海港和工业城市。
9. Seated astride the new boy, and pounding him with his fists.
   骑在那个男孩的身上，攥紧拳头使劲地打那个男孩。
10. I was vaguely astride the only horse.
    我象腾云驾雾似地跨在仅有的一匹马上。
11. From the first moment I saw you, Mr devlin, sitting astride your bike.
    德弗林先生，我第一次见到你，是跨着脚踏车。
12. East and West Berliners celebrated astride the newly redundant wall.
    东西柏林人在刚成为多余的柏林墙两侧共同欢庆。
13. The town lies astride the river howard.
    城镇位在霍华德河的两旁。
14. He sat astride his father's legs.
    他骑坐在父亲的腿上。
15. One instant he was astride a broncho and flying through the fairy-colored Painted Desert country;
    他一时骑着野牛在色彩绚丽、宛如仙境的彩绘沙漠上飞驰；
16. In the chaos, one regal stag bowed to the boy who had freed him; and with Beastmaster astride him, leapt the high walls of the estate, and escaped.
    在混乱之中，一只皇家雄鹿在这个救了它的男孩面前屈膝，让他以兽王的身份骑上它，带他跃过了堡垒的高墙，逃出生天。
17. Then Caderousse sat astride the coping, and drawing up his ladder passed it over the wall;
    于是卡德鲁斯骑在墙头上，把梯子抽起来，把它靠在墙外；
18. He was sitting astride a powerful-looking motorbike.
    他骑在一辆看上去马力很大的摩托车上。
19. They are too many, and willy-nilly they'll drag down the would-be equestrian before ever he gets astride.
    奴隶太多，无论他们愿不愿意，不等你那人跨上马背，已经被他们拉了下来。
20. She sat astride a worldwide business empire.
    她凌驾着一个全球性的商业帝国。
21. She wondered how it would be to wear jeans like a man and ride astride a horse, or to be allowed to socialize with anyone she pleased.
    她想知道要像男人那样穿着牛仔服骑着马，或者容许她和她所喜欢的人交往将会是什么样呀。
22. To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.
    跨坐两腿分开跨坐或站；跨坐。
23. Spurred riders sat astride sleek mares.
    装着马刺的骑手两脚分开跨在光滑的母马上。
24. She sat proudly astride her new motorbike.
    她自豪地骑上她的新摩托车。
25. He woke to find Tom standing astride him.
    他醒来发现汤姆跨立在他身上。
26. She sat astride the chair.
    她翘着二郎腿坐在椅子上。
27. He will sit astride its back, with his body naked, and he will grasp its tail in his right hand.
    他会带着赤裸的身体，跨着它的背部，用右手抓住它的尾部。
28. Ladies ride horses by sitting astride or side-saddle. He mounted the bicycle and headed for the Old Kent Road.
    女子骑马可以跨骑也可以坐横鞍.他骑上车子向老肯特路骑去。
29. Presently he was met by an elderly parson astride on a gray mare, who, as he rode, hummed a wandering tune.
    过了一会儿，有一个上了年纪的牧师，骑着一匹灰色的母马，用一种拿不准的语。
30. A country of central Africa astride the equator.
    扎伊尔，刚果自由邦：非洲中部一横跨赤道的国家。

adv

1. with one leg on each side
   1. she sat astride the chair

   Synonym:    astraddle

2. with the legs stretched far apart