verb
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。
1.1
- 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。
2.1
- with obj. occupy (an uninhabited building) in such a way霸占, 侵占（无人居住的房屋）。
adjective
squatter, squattest
- short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide矮胖的; 矮而宽的：
he was muscular and squat
他肌肉发达, 矮而壮实
a squat grey house.
一座矮而宽的灰色房子。
1
- 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。
1.1
- 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。
1.2
- (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被非法占用的建筑物。
2.1
- 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。
派生词
squatly
adverbsquatness
noun词源
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.