| 单词 | squat |
| 释义 | squat v., adj., & n. --v (squatted, squatting) 1. intr. a crouch with the hams resting on the backs of the heels. b sit on the ground etc. with the knees drawn up and the heels close to or touching the hams. 2. tr. put (a person) into a squatting position. 3. intr. colloq. sit down. 4. a intr. act as a squatter. b tr. occupy (a building) as a squatter. 5. intr. (of an animal) crouch close to the ground. --adj (squatter, squattest) 1. (of a person etc.) short and thick, dumpy. 2. in a squatting posture. --n 1. a squatting posture. 2. a a place occupied by a squatter or squatters. b being a squatter. Derivatives squatly adv. squatness n. Etymology: ME f. OF esquatir flatten f. es- EX-(1) + quatir press down, crouch ult. f. L coactus past part. of cogere compel: see COGENT |
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