bestride是什么意思？

bestride

英[bɪˈstraɪd] 美[bɪˈstraɪd]

• vt. 骑，高踞…之上，横跨；

第三人称单数：bestrides;

过去式：bestrode;

过去分词：bestridden;

现在分词：bestriding;

例句

• He held himself ready to bestride the animal at a moment's notice , should flight become necessary. 象童本人做好准备,假使必要的话,他就立刻跳上大象逃走.
• A lover may bestride the gossamer idles in the wanton summer air, and yet not fall. 恋爱中人可以踩在夏空中迎风飘荡的蛛丝上, 而不致摔落.
• You face him, bestride on his body one's knees. 你面向他, 跨坐在他身上,屈膝.
• America's media companies bestride the globe. 美国的传媒公司称雄寰球。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  支配；凌驾；控制
  To bestride something means to be the most powerful and important person or thing in it.
  例句
  America's media companies bestride the globe. 美国的传媒公司称雄寰球。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. get on the back of;
  "mount a horse"