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单词 bestride
释义 be·stride
\bə̇, bē+\ transitive verb
(bestrode also bestrid ; bestridden also bestrid or bestrode ; bestriding ; bestrides)
Etymology: Middle English bestriden, from Old English bestrīdan, from be- + strīdan to stride — more at stride
1.
 a. : to ride astride
  < I saw fair boys bestriding steeds — R.W.Emerson >
  : mount
  < bestrode his precious bike, and … went roaring out — Elizabeth Goudge >
 b. : to sit astride
  < two small boys bestriding a fallen log >
 c. : to lie on either side of : straddle
  < one rather formal consultation about a dead balsam that bestrode the property line — A.B.Mayse >
  : span
  < a bridge bestriding the torrential river >
2.
 a. : to stand astride (as a fallen man) : stand over
 b. : to dominate absolutely : have unquestioned control over : tower over
  < bestrides the new Democratic Congress as … in the past — W.S.White >
3. archaic : to stride across
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