squat

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++squat1 /skɒwt $ skwɑːt/ ●○○ verb (squatted, squatting) [intransitive]  1  SITto sit with your knees bent under you and your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet 蹲；蹲坐squat down He squatted down beside the little girl. 他在小女孩身边蹲了下来。► see thesaurus at sit →5 see picture at 见图 crouch, gym2. LIVE SOMEWHEREto live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent 擅自占用建筑物[空地]→ See Verb table

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squat• People squatted around the fire in small groups• A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.• He squatted down beside me and offered me a cigarette.• Tuan Ti Fo squatted, his legs folded under him, watching the boy.• Thousands of families are still squatting in war-damaged buildings.• It squatted incongruously among the trees, looking like a visitor from another planet.• Blue Mooney squatted next to a pink-and-white Pontiac as he stabbed the ice pick into the fourth tire.• Finally he broke away and went and squatted on his haunches by the stream.• The trail was half lost in fog, the overcast squatted on the mountain.squat2 adjective  LOWSHORT PERSONshort and thick or low and wide, especially in a way which is not attractive 矮胖的；粗矮的 squat stone cottages 矮而宽的小石屋 a squat little old man 一个矮胖的小老头

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squat• The brown buildings were old and squat.• Comanche tipis were more squat and conical.• a shabby, squat, balding man in an old raincoat• Ravi-no stood looking, his squat body immensely still.• And now this desperate damage: the squat compactness unhinged, made powerless.• The floor was covered in thick creamy carpet on which stood squat, natural leather chairs.• During the greater part of each contest, the two are settled in a squat position, measuring each other.• He came at last to Kinton, rounded the squat, square-towered church and the main street of the village stretched before him.• The cook was short and squat, with thick eyebrows and a slight moustache.squat3 noun  1. SIT[countable] a squatting position 蹲坐；蹲姿2  [countable] British EnglishLIVE SOMEWHERE a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rent 被擅自占用的房子 She lives in a squat in Camden. 她在卡姆登私占了一间房子住着。3  [uncountable] American English informal nothing, or nearly nothing. Squat is often used in negative sentences for emphasis 没有，几乎没有〔常用于否定句中以示强调〕 He had a job that paid him squat. 他有一份几乎不赚什么钱的工作。 You don’t know squat about it. 你对此毫不知情。

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squat• He was in that terrible state of lumbar pain where mobility involves a slow ambulatory squat.• Most of them have moved off since they broke the squat.• The rubber band workout group improved 26 percent in the squat and 17 percent in the shoulder press.From Longman Business Dictionarysquatsquat1 /skɒwtskwɑːt/ verb (squatted, squatting) [intransitive]PROPERTY to live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rentThere are people squatting in the house next door.→ See Verb tablesquatsquat2 noun [singular] British EnglishPROPERTY a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rentOrigin squat1 (1300-1400) Old French esquatir, from quatir “to press”, from Vulgar Latin coactire “to press together”, from Latin cogere; → COGENT squat2 (1600-1700) squat “in a squatting position” ((15-19 centuries)), from an old past participle of → SQUAT1 squat3 1. (1500-1600) → SQUAT12. (1900-2000) diddlysquat; → DIDDLY

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squat¹ /skɒwt $ skwɑːt/ verb (past tense and past participle squatted, present participle squatting) [intransitive]
1. to sit with your knees bent under you and your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet
    squat down
    He squatted down beside the little girl.
2. to live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ sit to be resting your weight on your bottom somewhere, or to move into this position: He was sitting in front of the fire. | She sat on the bed and kicked off her shoes. | Who is the man sitting next to Karen?
   ▪ sit down to sit on a chair, bed, floor etc after you have been standing: I sat down on the sofa. | Come in and sit down.
   ▪ be seated formal to be sitting in a particular chair or place: John was seated on my left. | There was a man seated behind the desk.
   ▪ take a seat to sit – used especially when asking someone to sit down: Please take a seat – she will be with you in a minute. | Would the audience please take their seats – the show will begin in five minutes.
   ▪ sink into something to sit in a comfortable chair and let yourself fall back into it: We switched on the TV and sank into our armchairs.
   ▪ lounge to sit in a very comfortable relaxed way: They lounged around all day by the pool.
   ▪ perch to sit on the edge of something: He perched on the arm of the sofa. | My sister was perched (=was sitting) on a high stool.
   ▪ be slumped to be sitting while leaning against something, especially because you are injured, drunk, or asleep: They found him slumped against the steering wheel.
   ▪ squat to sit with your knees bent under you, your bottom just off the ground, balancing on your feet: A little boy was squatting at the edge of the pool.

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squat² adjectiveshort and thick or low and wide, especially in a way which is not attractive:
    squat stone cottages
    a squat little old man

III

squat³ noun1. [countable] a squatting position
2. [countable] British English a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rent:
    She lives in a squat in Camden.
3. [uncountable] American English informal nothing, or nearly nothing. Squat is often used in negative sentences for emphasis:
    He had a job that paid him squat.
    You don’t know squat about it.