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单词 squat lobsters
释义

squat /skwot/

intransitive verb (squattˈing; squattˈed)
  1. To crouch down on the hams or heels
  2. To hunch or crouch small and low like an animal
  3. To settle on land or in unoccupied buildings without legal right, or (Aust hist) to settle on land with a view to acquiring legal title
transitive verb

To cause to squat

adjective
  1. Crouching
  2. Short and thick, dumpy
noun
  1. The act of squatting
  2. A building in which people are squatting (informal)
  3. A squat thrust
  4. A weightlifting exercise in which a weight is lifted by a person rising from a squatting position
ORIGIN: OFr esquatir to crush, from L ex (intensifying), and coactus, pap of cōgere to force together

squatˈness noun

squattˈer noun

  1. Someone who squats
  2. A large landowner (Aust)

squattˈiness noun

squattˈle transitive verb and intransitive verb

To squat down

squattocˈracy noun (Aust)

The powerful land-owning class

squattˈy adjective

Short and thick

squat lobster noun

A variety of lobster (family Galatheidae) with the tail tucked under the body

squat shop noun

A business, usu selling cheap goods, that occupies an empty or disused shop illegally, pays no rent or rates and trades for the time taken by the owner to obtain an eviction order from a court

squat thrust noun

A gymnastic exercise performed by thrusting the legs backwards to their full extent from a squatting position while supporting the weight on the hands

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