Squat

[skwɒt] or [skwɑt]

解释:

(noun.) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.

(verb.) sit on one's heels; 'In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting'; 'The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm'.

(verb.) occupy (a dwelling) illegally.

(verb.) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; 'The building squatted low'.

(adj.) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground .

编辑:厄休拉--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) The angel fish (Squatina angelus).

(v. t.) To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages squatted near the fire.

(v. t.) To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.

(v. t.) To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle on common or public lands.

(v. t.) To bruise or make flat by a fall.

(a.) Sitting on the hams or heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering; crouching.

(a.) Short and thick, like the figure of an animal squatting.

(n.) The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or close to the ground.

(n.) A sudden or crushing fall.

(n.) A small vein of ore.

(n.) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar.

埃利奥特录入

同义词及近义词：

v. n. [1]. Crouch, cower, sit close to the ground.[2]. [Modern.] Settle (without title to the land), plant one's self, take up one's quarters, pitch one's tent.

a. [1]. Crouching, cowering.[2]. Dumpy, STUMPY, stubby, short and thick.

手打:莫尔

解释:

v.i. to sit down upon the hams or heels: to cower as an animal: to settle on new land without title:—pr.p. squat′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. squat′ted.—adj. short and thick dumpy clumsy.—ns. Squatoc′racy the squatters of Australia collectively; Squat′ter a settler on new land without title: one who leases pasture-land from the government; Squat′tiness.—v.i. Squat′tle (Scot.) to squat down.—adj. Squat′ty very short and thick.

手打:列侬