If you squat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent.
例句
He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees...他蹲在那兒，雙膝的傷痛得他直哼哼。We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down...我們蹲在水池旁，看著潛水者慢慢沉下水。
ADJ-GRADED
矮胖的;短粗的
If you describe someone or something as squat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way.
例句
Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.埃迪四十多歲，矮矮胖胖的，頭發(fā)日漸稀疏。...squat stone houses.矮墩墩的石馬
VERB
擅自占用(閑置房屋或土地)
People who squat occupy an unused building or unused land without having a legal right to do so.
例句
You can't simply wander around squatting on other people's property...你不能這樣到處亂竄，擅自占用別人的地產(chǎn)。They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.他們靠擅自占用土地，按種地的收益分成為生。
N-COUNT
被擅自占住的空房
A squat is an empty building that people are living in illegally, without paying any rent or any property tax.
例句
After returning from Paris, David moved to a squat in Brixton...從巴黎回來后，戴維搬進了布里克斯頓的一座空房里住下了。Thomas now faces eviction from his squat.托馬斯現(xiàn)在要被從他占住的房子里驅(qū)趕出來。
英漢詞典釋義
vi.
像動物一樣蹲下
He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.他在腳印旁蹲下并仔細地檢查。
非法擅自占用(土地或房屋)
They've been squatting in an apartment for the past two years.他們過去兩年來一直擅自占用一套公寓。
adj.
矮胖的; 矮而寬的
He is a squat man.他是一個矮胖的男人。
n.
蹲坐, 蹲姿
For this exercise you need to get into a squat.在這次練習(xí)中你需要蹲下來。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles
2. a small worthless amount;
"you don't know jack"
3. the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
Verb
1. sit on one's heels;
"In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting""The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm"
2. be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide;
"The building squatted low"
3. occupy (a dwelling) illegally
Adjective
1. short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy musculature;
"some people seem born to be square and chunky""a dumpy little dumpling of a woman""dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears""a little church with a squat tower""a squatty red smokestack""a stumpy ungainly figure"
2. having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground