bestride

动词 bestride:

1. get on the back of
   同义词：hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on

be.stride

v.tr.（及物动词）
be.strode[-strôd.] be.strid.den[-strd.n] be.strid.ing,be.strides
To sit or stand on with the legs astride; straddle.
跨坐：两腿分开跨坐或站；跨坐
To dominate by position; tower over:
高居于上；高耸：
例句：
.Hitler`s ghost, the specter that . . . bestrides mid-twentieth-century history.(Economist)
.希特勒的幽灵…笼罩着20世纪中期的历史.(经济学家)

Archaic To step or stride across.
【古语】 踏过，跨越

来源：
Middle English bistriden
中古英语 bistriden
from Old English bestrodan
源自 古英语 bestrodan
be- [be-]
be- [前缀，表.全面地，彻底地.]
strodan [to mount a horse] * see stride
strodan [上马] *参见 stride