[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。
[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)
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。
noun
[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
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
(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
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