英语词汇“squatness”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

squat /skwot/

intransitive verb

squattˈing

squattˈed

To crouch down on the hams or heels

To hunch or crouch small and low like an animal

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

Crouching

Short and thick, dumpy

noun

The act of squatting

A building in which people are squatting (informal)

A squat thrust

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

Someone who squats
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