- v. 蹲；蹲伏；擅自占地；依法在政府公地上定居下来
- a. 蹲着的；矮胖的
- n. 蹲坐；蹲坐的姿势；擅自占用的土地
动变: 过去式:squatted 过去分词:squatted 现在进行时:squatting
形变: 比较级:squatter 最高级:squattest
名复: squats
squat
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vi.
- 蹲，蹲踞，蹲下[（+down/on）]
- 蹲伏，蜷伏
- 【美】擅自占地
- 【美】依法在政府公地上定居下来
- 非法占据空屋[（+in/on）]
vt.
- 使蹲坐
a.
- 蹲着的
- 矮胖的
n.
- 蹲坐；蜷伏[C][U]
- 蹲坐的姿势[S]
- 擅自占用的土地；非法占据的空屋[C]
派生
a.
squatty
辨析
以上来源于：《英汉大辞典》
v.
(squats, squatting, squatted)
- crouch or sit with the knees bent and the heels close to or touching the buttocks or thighs.
- unlawfully occupy an uninhabited building or area of land.
adj.
(squatter, squattest)
short or low, and disproportionately broad or wide.n.
- a squatting position or movement. ▸Weightlifting an exercise in which a person squats down and rises again while holding a barbell across the shoulders.
- a building occupied by squatters. ▸an act of squatting in an uninhabited building.
- N. Amer. informal short for diddly-squat.
Derivative
- squatly adv.
- squatness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. esquatir ‘flatten’, based on L. coactus, past part. of cogere ‘compel’.
以上来源于：《简明牛津英语词典》
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