straddle
v
1 [I, Tn] sit or stand across (sth) with both legs wide apart 跨坐或跨立在(某物)上
straddle a fence, ditch, horse 跨在栅栏、 沟、 马上.
2 [Tn] fire shots or drop bombs, etc slightly in front of and behind (a target) 夹叉射击或轰炸(某目标).
🗣️ 情景例句
Nervous about the opening tonight?
对今晚开幕感到紧张吗?
Excuse me I couldn't write you sooner.
对不起我不能尽快给你写信。
In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel.