straddle
straddle
verb
straddler
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.]sit or stand with one leg on either side of
骑；跨，跨立于
he turned the chair round and straddled it.
他把椅子转过来，然后跨坐在上面。
■place (one's legs) wide apart
叉开 （腿）
he shifted his legs, straddling them to keep his balance.
他移动双腿，叉开来以保持平衡。
■[no obj.](archaic)stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart
(古)分开腿站（走，坐）
■extend across or be situated on both sides of
跨越
a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border.
一条跨越法国和瑞士边境的山脉。
■(N. Amer.)take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue)
(北美)对 （政治问题）持骑墙态度
a man who had straddled the issue of taxes.
一个对税收问题持骑墙态度的人。
■fire at (a target) with shots or bombs so that they fall short of and beyond it
夹叉射击（目标）；夹叉轰炸（目标）
- an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart
跨坐，骑；叉腿坐（或站立） - (Stock Exchange)a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down
(股票)同价买卖（同时以固定价格买卖证券或商品，让买者不论证券或商品的价格是上涨还是下跌都能获利）
straddler
noun
语源
- mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling 'astride', from stride + the adverbial suffix -ling
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