straddle
verb- straddle something/somebody
to sit or stand with one of your legs on either side of somebody/something 骑；跨坐；分腿站立 - straddle something
to cross, or exist on both sides of, a river, a road or an area of land 跨过，横跨（河流、道路或一片土地） - straddle something
to exist within, or include, different periods of time, activities or groups of people 横跨，同属（不同时期、活动或群体）；两栖于（不同活动） a writer who straddles two cultures 横贯两种文化的作家
Word Originmid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling ‘astride’, from stride + the adverbial suffix -ling.