動詞 bestride:

1. get on the back of
   同義詞：hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on

be.stride

v.tr.（及物動詞）
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：兩腿分開跨坐或站；跨坐
To dominate by position; tower over:
高居于上；高聳：
例句：
.Hitler`s ghost, the specter that . . . bestrides mid-twentieth-century history.(Economist)
.希特勒的幽靈…籠罩著20世紀中期的歷史.(經(jīng)濟學(xué)家)

Archaic To step or stride across.
【古語】 踏過，跨越

來源：
Middle English bistriden
中古英語 bistriden
from Old English bestrodan
源自 古英語 bestrodan
be- [be-]
be- [前綴，表.全面地，徹底地.]
strodan [to mount a horse] * see stride
strodan [上馬] *參見 stride