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VERB
蹲;蹲坐
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。
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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,頭發日漸稀疏。
...squat stone houses.
矮墩墩的石馬
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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。
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。
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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.
托馬斯現在要被從他占住的房子里驅趕出來。