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bestride

/bih-strahyd/US // bɪˈstraɪd //UK // (bɪˈstraɪd) //

壁垒森严,壁垒,壁垒重重,壁垒分明

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    be·strode or be·strid, be·strid·den or be·strid, be·strid·ing.

    • : to get or be astride of; have or place the legs on both sides of.
    • : to step over or across with long strides.
    • : to stand or tower over; dominate.

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Examples

  • The chief wanted a brave boy, to bestride a horse and wield a sword, and govern the unruly Grant clan with a strong hand.

  • It is no known animal which they bestride, having a face something like that of a caterpillar.

  • In the midst a dark and lazy current, which a tall man might bestride, crept twisting like a snake among the weeds and rushes.

  • Leg of man, swears grand old Pierre, shall never more bestride my steed; no more shall harness touch him!

  • Nobody rode at the Hall, and she longed to bestride a pony and dash off for a twenty-mile canter.