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squat/skwɒt/ v., adj. & n.●v. (squatted, squatting) 1 intr.a crouch with the hams resting on the backs of the heels 蹲 b sit on the ground etc. with the knees drawn up and the heels close to or touching the hams 蹲坐 2 tr. put (a person) into a squatting position 使蹲下，使蹲坐 3 intr. colloq. sit down [口]坐，坐下 4a intr. act as a squatter 擅自占用 b tr. occupy (a building) as a squatter 擅自占用(建筑物) 5 intr. (of an animal) crouch close to the ground (动物)蹲伏，蜷伏 ●adj. (squatter, squattest) 1 (of a person etc.) short and thick, dumpy (人等)矮胖的，粗短的 2 in a squatting posture 蹲伏的，蹲坐的 ●n. 1 a squatting posture 蹲伏，蹲坐 2a a place occupied by a squatter or squatters 擅自占用的地方 b being a squatter 擅自占用某地的人 3 N. Amer. slang [北美] [俚语] = DIDDLY-SQUAT □ squatly adv.□ squatness n.[Middle English from Old French esquatir ‘flatten’, from es- EX-1 + quatir ‘press down, crouch’, ultimately from Latin coactus, past part. of cogere ‘compel’: see COGENT] |