It takes up a total land area of 583 acres.

The land area of China is a bout 9.6 million square kilometres.

中国的陆地面积大约有960万平方公里.

The Sahara covers some 8 percent of Earth's land area.

沙哈拉沙漠覆盖着地球上大约8%土地.

The Sahara covers some 8 percent of Earth's land area.

沙哈拉沙漠覆盖著地球上大约8%的土地.

Take , for instance, a mortgage of a thousand pounds on a landed estate.

例如, 抵押一块地产获得1000镑借款.

Abandoning their landed estate meant losing their economic resources.

放弃地产就丧失经济资源.

He rode astride the horse.

他两腿叉开骑在马上.

That pretty girl rode astride the horse.

那位漂亮的小姑娘两腿叉开骑在马上.

He sat astride his father's legs.

他骑坐在父亲的腿上.

She sat astride the chair.

她横跨着坐在椅子上.

A country of central Africa astride the equator.

扎伊尔,刚果自由邦:非洲中部一横跨赤道的国家.

Yesterday I saw a pipe smoking John Bull astride a bicycle.

昨天我看见一个抽着烟斗的英国人骑着一辆自行车.

If the motorcycle was huge, it was nothing to the man astride it.

如果摩托车是巨型的, 对跨骑在上面的人来说也不算什么了.

He has stood astride American politics since late. 1994 and changed its course, perhaps fundamentally.

1994年末以来,他在美国政坛上不可一世,并且改变了它的发展方向 —— 也许是根本性的改变.

The city lay astride the river.

城市横跨河的两岸.

The town lies astride the River Howard.

城镇位在霍华德河的两旁.

Napoleon astride the early 19 th century like a giant.

拿破仑像个巨人跨越19世纪初叶.

He astride the horse.

他骑在马上.

...three youths who stood astride their bicycles and stared.

站着跨在自行车上凝视的3个年轻人

(figurative)a town astride the river

跨河的城镇

to sit astride a horse/bike/chair

骑马 / 自行车；跨坐在椅子上