with obj.
1- 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。
1.1
- place (one's legs) wide apart叉开 （双腿）：
he shifted his legs, straddling them to keep his balance.
他移动双腿, 叉开来以保持平衡。
1.2
- no obj. archaic stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart〈古〉分开腿站 （走, 坐）。
1.3
- 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。
1.4
- 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。
1.5
- 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）。
1
- an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart跨坐, 骑; 叉腿坐（或站立）。
2
- 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）。
派生词
straddler
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling 'astride', from STRIDE + the adverbial suffix -ling.