squat
vi.&vt.(使)蹲下
释义2:
squat
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◙ (squatted, squatting)1. [no obj.] crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs• 蹲;蹲坐 »I squatted down in front of him. 我蹲在他的前面。 [with obj.] [Weightlifting] crouch down in such a way and rise again while holding (a specified weight) behind one's neck• [举重] 蹲举 »he can squat 850 pounds. 他可以蹲举850磅。2. [no obj.] unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or settle on a piece of land• 非法占用,擅自占用(无人居住的房屋或土地) »eight families are squatting in the house. 有八户人家擅自占用了这座房子。 [with obj.] occupy (an uninhabited building) in such a way• 霸占,侵占(无人居住的房屋)◙ (squatter, squattest)1. short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide• 矮胖的;矮而宽的 »he was muscular and squat. 他体格健壮,又矮又胖。 »a squat grey house. 一座矮而宽的灰色房子。◙ noun1. [in sing.] a position in which one's knees are bent and one's heels are close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs• 蹲;蹲坐 [Weightlifting] an exercise in which a person squats down and rises again while carrying a barbell behind their neck• [举重] 蹲举训练 (in gymnastics) an exercise involving a squatting movement or action• (体操)下蹲动作;下蹲运动2. a building occupied by people living in it without the legal right to do so• 非法占用的建筑物 an unlawful occupation of an uninhabited building• 非法占用空屋3. [N. Amer. informal] . short for diddly-squat • [北美,非正式] diddly-squat的简称【派生】
♦ squatly adverb♦ squatness noun【语源】
1. Middle English (in the sense 'thrust down with force'): from Old French esquatir 'flatten', based on Latin coactus, past participle of cogere 'compel' (see cogent ). The current sense of the adjective dates from the mid 17th cent
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