Astride
[ə'straɪd]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) with one leg on each side; 'she sat astride the chair'.
(adv.) with the legs stretched far apart.
乔恩錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
布鲁克整理
解釋/意思:
adv. with the legs apart or across.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Young Thomas expressed these sentiments sitting astride of a chair before the fire, with his arms on the back, and his sulky face on his arms. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- I held it on both sides, sitting astride the handle hooked over the seat. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He sat astride of the chair when he had pushed the money over, and sat swinging his purse and eyeing Joe. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- That bird is the trial of my life, she continued, removing the pink mountain from her head, while Laurie seated himself astride a chair. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- There was a group of sober little donkeys with naked, dusky children clambering about them, or sitting astride their rumps, or pulling their tails. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- At length I was successful in reaching the side of one great brute, and ere he knew what I was about I was firmly seated astride his glossy back. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
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