squat

英 [skwɒt]

美 [skwɑːt]

v.  蹲坐; 蹲; 偷住，擅自占用(房子或地方)
n.  偷住的房子; 蹲坐; 蹲
adj.  矮而宽的; 矮胖的

过去式：squatted　现在分词：squatting　第三人称单数：squats　复数：squats　过去分词：squatted　

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短语动词

牛津词典

verb

• 蹲坐；蹲
  to sit on your heels with your knees bent up close to your body
• 偷住，擅自占用（房子或地方）
  to live in a building or on land which is not yours, without the owner's permission
  1. They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road.
     他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。

noun

• 偷住的房子
  a building that people are living in without permission and without paying rent
  1. to live in a squat
     擅自住在他人空着的房子里
• 蹲坐；蹲
  a squatting position of the body
• 蹲坐；蹲
  a squatting position of the body

adj.

• 矮而宽的；矮胖的
  short and wide or fat, in a way that is not attractive
  1. a squat tower
     矮而粗的塔
  2. a squat muscular man with a shaven head
     剃光头的矮壮男人

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹲;蹲坐
  If yousquat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent.
  1. He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees...
     他蹲在那儿，双膝的伤痛得他直哼哼。
  2. We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down...
     我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。
  3. He came over and squatted on his heels, looking up at the boys.
     他走过来，蹲下身，抬头看着这些男孩。
  4. Squat downmeans the same assquat.
     squat down同squat
  5. Albert squatted down and examined it...
     阿尔伯特蹲下来仔细查看它。
  6. She had squatted down on her heels.
     她蹲下身。
  7. Squatis also a noun.
     
  8. He bent to a squat and gathered the puppies on his lap.
     他弯腰蹲下，把小狗们都抱到自己腿上。
• ADJ-GRADED 矮胖的;短粗的
  If you describe someone or something assquat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way.
  1. Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.
     埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。
  2. ...squat stone houses.
     矮墩墩的石马
• VERB 擅自占用(闲置房屋或土地)
  People whosquatoccupy an unused building or unused land without having a legal right to do so.
  1. You can't simply wander around squatting on other people's property...
     你不能这样到处乱窜，擅自占用别人的地产。
  2. They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.
     他们靠擅自占用土地，按种地的收益分成为生。
• N-COUNT 被擅自占住的空房
  Asquatis an empty building that people are living in illegally, without paying any rent or any property tax.
  1. After returning from Paris, David moved to a squat in Brixton...
     从巴黎回来后，戴维搬进了布里克斯顿的一座空房里住下了。
  2. Thomas now faces eviction from his squat.
     托马斯现在要被从他占住的房子里驱赶出来。

英英释义

noun

• the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
  Synonym:squatting
• exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent
  Synonym:knee bendsquatting
• a small worthless amount
  1. you don't know jack
  Synonym:jackdoodly-squatdiddly-squatdiddlysquatdiddly-shitdiddlyshitdiddlydiddleyshit

verb

• sit on one's heels
  1. In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting
  2. The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm
  Synonym:crouchscrunchscrunch uphunkerhunker down
• occupy (a dwelling) illegally
• be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide
  1. The building squatted low

adj

• having a low center of gravity
  Synonym:underslung
• short and thick
  1. some people seem born to be square and chunky
  2. a dumpy little dumpling of a woman
  3. dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears
  4. a little church with a squat tower
  5. a squatty red smokestack
  6. a stumpy ungainly figure
  Synonym:chunkydumpylow-setsquattystumpy

双语例句

• Kneel, squat, or sit so you are at their eye level.
  跪，蹲下，或者坐着以保持与其眼睛水平。
• The squat deck permits you to vary the amount of weight that you press with your legs.
  蹲着的甲板允许你改变腿压的重量。
• Squat: Hold light-weight dumbbells in each hand with arms straight and hanging down alongside the body.
  下蹲：每一只手都握住一个哑铃，且保持两个手臂在身体旁边垂直向下。
• After returning from Paris, David moved to a squat in Brixton
  从巴黎回来后，戴维搬进了布里克斯顿的一座空房里住下了。
• I was hitting the bars on the bottom of the squat racks but still squatted the weight up.
  我蹲到碰到深蹲架最下面的杆了，但仍能将这个重量蹲举起来。
• Myrtle is a squat ghost with lank hair, pimples, and thick glasses.
  桃金娘是个矮胖的女鬼，有着一头平直柔软的头发，一脸的粉刺，还戴着厚厚的眼镜。
• In this article we'll take a close look at the back squat.
  在本文中，我们将采取在后面蹲下仔细研究。
• Thomas now faces eviction from his squat.
  托马斯现在要被从他占住的房子里驱赶出来。
• A squat pot-bellied figure bustled forward through the gloom.
  一位矮矮胖胖、大腹便便的人影从阴暗处奔了出来。
• He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees
  他蹲在那儿，双膝的伤痛得他直哼哼。