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单词 astride
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astride

(əstraɪd)
adverb [ADVERB after verb, be ADVERB]
If you sit or stand astride something, you sit or stand with one leg on each side of it.
...three youths who stood astride their bicycles and stared.

astride in British English

(əˈstraɪd)
adjective (postpositive)
1. 
with a leg on either side
2. 
with the legs far apart
preposition
3. 
with a leg on either side of
4. 
with a part on both sides of

astride in American English

(əˈstraɪd)
adverb
1. 
with a leg on either side; astraddle
2. 
with legs far apart
preposition
3. 
with a leg on either side of (a horse, etc.)
4. 
lying on both sides of
a town astride the river
5. 
extending over or across
Word origin
a-1 + stride

Examples of 'astride' in a sentence
astride

With it facing the wrong way, he would sit with his short legs astride it.
The Sun (2014)
The social worker's legs were astride it.
The Sun (2014)
SHE sits astride him with one leg in front and the other extended behind.
The Sun (2014)
If he'd actually said that, he would be proudly sitting astride a moral high horse.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

Chinese translation of 'astride'

astride

(əˈstraɪd)

prep

  1. 骑(騎)跨 (qíkuà)

Nearby words of
astride

  • astonishment
  • astound
  • astray
  • astride
  • astrology
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  • astronaut
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