straddles

英 [ˈstrædlz]

美 [ˈstrædlz]

v. 骑; 跨坐; 分腿站立; 跨过，横跨(河流、道路或一片土地); 横跨，同属(不同时期、活动或群体); 两栖于(不同活动)
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柯林斯词典

VERB 骑;跨坐;叉开双腿坐
If youstraddlesomething, you put or have one leg on either side of it.
1. He sat down, straddling the chair.
  他跨坐在椅子上。
VERB 横跨，跨越(河流、道路、边境等)
If somethingstraddlesa river, road, border, or other place, it stretches across it or exists on both sides of it.
1. A small wooden bridge straddled the dike.
  一座小木桥横跨在排水渠上。
2. ...this town that straddles the US-Mexico border.
  这座跨越美国和墨西哥边境的小镇
VERB 横跨，跨越，同属(不同时期、群体或活动领域等)
Someone or something thatstraddlesdifferent periods, groups, or fields of activity exists in, belongs to, or takes elements from them all.
1. Our lives have straddled a period of greater change than perhaps any since the end of the Roman Empire...
  我们生活的这个时期所经历的变革可能是罗马帝国灭亡以来最巨大的。
2. He straddles two cultures, having been brought up in Britain and later converted to Islam.
  他具有两种文化背景，先是在英国长大，后又皈依了伊斯兰教。