English-Thai Dictionary

straddle

N การ ถ่าง ขา  การกาง ขา  kan-tang-ka

 

straddle

N การ สนับสนุน ทั้งสองฝ่าย  การ เหยียบ เรือ สอง แคม  kan-sa-nab-sa-nuan-tang-song-fai

 

straddle

VI สนับสนุน ทั้งสองฝ่าย  เหยียบ เรือ สอง แคม  sa-nab-sa-nuan-tang-song-fai

 

straddle

VT คร่อม  astride bestride krom

 

straddle

VT ถ่าง ขา  ยืน หรือ นั่ง ถ่าง ขา  tang-ka

 

straddle

VT สนับสนุน ทั้งสองฝ่าย  เหยียบ เรือ สอง แคม  sa-nab-sa-nuan-tang-song-fai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRADDLE

v.i.To part the legs wide; to stand or walk with the legs far apart.

 

STRADDLE

v.t.To place one leg on one side and the other on the other of any thing; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRADDLE

Strad "dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Straddled; p. pr. & vb. n.Straddling. ] Etym: [Freq. from the root of stride. ]

 

1. To part the legs wide; to stand or to walk with the legs far apart.

 

2. To stand with the ends staggered; -- said of the spokes of a wagon wheel where they join the hub.

 

STRADDLE

STRADDLE Strad "dle, v. t.

 

Defn: To place one leg on one side and the other on the other side of; to stand or sit astride of; as, to straddle a fence or a horse.

 

STRADDLE

STRADDLE Strad "dle, n.

 

1. The act of standing, sitting, or walking, with the feet far apart.

 

2. The position, or the distance between the feet, of one who straddles; as, a wide straddle.

 

3. A stock option giving the holder the double privilege of a "put " and a "call, " i. e., securing to the buyer of the option the right either to demand of the seller at a certain price, within a certain time, certain securities, or to require him to take at the same price, and within the same time, the same securities. [Broker's Cant ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

straddle

strad dle |ˈstradl ˈstrædl | ▶verb [ with obj. ] sit or stand with one leg on either side of: he turned the chair around and straddled it. • place (one's legs ) wide apart: he shifted his legs, straddling them to keep his balance. • [ no obj. ] archaic stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart. • extend across or be situated on both sides of: a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border. • take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue ): a man who had straddled the issue of taxes. ▶noun 1 an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart. 2 Stock Market a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down. DERIVATIVES strad dler noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling ‘astride, ’ from stride + the adverbial suffix -ling .

 

Oxford Dictionary

straddle

strad ¦dle |ˈstrad (ə )l | ▶verb [ with obj. ] sit or stand with one leg on either side of: he turned the chair round and straddled it. • place (one's legs ) wide apart: he shifted his legs, straddling them to keep his balance. • [ no obj. ] archaic stand, walk, or sit with one's legs wide apart. • extend across or be situated on both sides of: a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border. • N. Amer. take up or maintain an equivocal position with regard to (a political issue ): a man who had straddled the issue of taxes. • fire at (a target ) with shots or bombs so that they fall short of and beyond it. ▶noun 1 an act of sitting or standing with one's legs wide apart. 2 Stock Exchange a simultaneous purchase of options to buy and to sell a security or commodity at a fixed price, allowing the purchaser to make a profit whether the price of the security or commodity goes up or down. DERIVATIVES straddler noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: alteration of dialect striddle, back-formation from dialect striddling ‘astride ’, from stride + the adverbial suffix -ling .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

straddle

straddle verb 1 she straddled the motorbike: sit /stand astride, bestride, mount, get on. 2 a mountain range straddling the border: lie on both sides of, extend across, span. 3 he straddled the issue of taxes: be equivocal about, be undecided about, equivocate about, vacillate about, waver about, waffle on; informal sit on the fence regarding.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

straddle

straddle verb 1 she straddled the motorbike and revved it up: sit /stand astride, bestride, bestraddle; mount, get on. 2 a mountain range straddling the Franco-Swiss border: lie on both sides of, be situated on both sides of, extend across; span. 3 a man who had straddled the issue of taxes: be equivocal about, be undecided about, be non-committal about, equivocate about, vacillate about, waver about; Brit. hum and haw; informal sit on the fence.

 

Duden Dictionary

Straddle

Strad dle Substantiv, maskulin Leichtathletik , der |ˈstrɛdl̩ |englisch straddle = das Spreizen Wälzsprung

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

straddle

strad dle /strǽd (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 いすなど 〉にまたがる, 馬乗りになる .2 〈境界 道路 川など 〉の両側にまたがっている .3 〈異種の活動分野 〉に二股 （また ）をかけている .自動詞 またがる .名詞 C U 二面性のある微妙な話題 .