squat

英[skwɒt]美[skwɑːt]
  • v. 蹲下；蹲坐；擅自占地
  • adj. 蹲着的；矮胖胖的；低矮的
  • n. 蹲；擅自占用的土地

    • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    来自中古法语squatten，蹲坐，来自古法语esquatir，压，压下，来自es-，向外，或表强调，quatir，压，压下，来自通俗拉丁语*coactire，压，压下，来自co-，表强调，-act，做，驱动，词源同act，exact.引申词义擅自占用无主土地或无主房产。
      verb(动词)
      1. [ I ] 蹲，蹲坐
      2. [ I or T ] 擅自占用（空房或空地）;偷住
      adjective(形容词)
      1. 低矮的；矮墩墩的，矮胖的
      noun(名词)
      1. [ C ] 蹲坐；蹲伏
      2. （健身动作）深蹲
      3. [ C ] 擅自占用的地方;偷住的房子
      4. [ U ] 任何东西

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. [ I ] 蹲，蹲坐

      She squatted on the ground and warmed her hands by the fire.

      她蹲在地上，伸出双手烤火。

      He squatted down and examined the front wheel of his bike.

      他蹲下身来，检查自行车的前轮。

    2. [ I or T ] 擅自占用（空房或空地）;偷住

      They squatted (in) an old house in King's Cross when their money ran out.

      他们钱花光后，就偷偷住进了国王十字车站的一处旧房子里。

    adjective(形容词)
    1. 低矮的；矮墩墩的，矮胖的

      a row of ugly, squat houses

      一排低矮难看的房子

      a heavily built, squat man

      矮胖的男人

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C ] 蹲坐；蹲伏
    2. （健身动作）深蹲
    3. [ C ] 擅自占用的地方;偷住的房子

      They're living in a damp squat with no electricity.

      他们偷住在一处空房子里，既潮湿又没有电。

    4. [ U ] 任何东西

      She shouldn't talk – she doesn't know squat about it.

      她不该说话——她什么都不懂。

      His opinion isn't worth squat.

      他的看法一文不值。

    小知识

    If you crouch down very low and sit on your heels, you squat. If you have to talk to a small child, you might have to squat to talk face-to-face.

    The verb squat also means to illegally occupy a building — especially to live in it. If you own vacant property, you need to be careful that someone doesn't decide to squat in the empty house. As an adjective, squat describes someone who is very short and thick. In the movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the dwarfs are depicted as squat little men.

    实用短语

    1. squat toilet

      蹲厕,蹲式厕所,蹲便器

    2. squat rack

      挂片式深蹲架,深蹲架

    3. squat pan

      蹲便器

    4. anti-squat

      抗后坐,防蹲,抗后沉,蹲角

    5. squat jump

      蹲跳,俯卧撑屈伸腿跳,分腿跳,深蹲跳

    6. plate loaded squat

      挂片式深蹲机

    7. squat down

      蹲下,蹲下来

    8. squat hot

      坐电椅

    9. deep squat

      深蹲,全深蹲

    常用短语

    1. squat down

      蹲下；坐下

    单词用法

    词组短语
    squat down蹲下；坐下；

    同义词

    vt.使蹲下

    lie  /  crouch  /  low

    其他释义

    lie  /  stubby  /  cower  /  cringe  /  low  /  couch  /  locate  /  stoop  /  crouch

    同根词

    词根：squat

    adj.

    squatty矮胖的

    n.

    squatter蹲着的人

    squatting[水运] 航行尾倾

    v.

    squatting蹲；坐落于（squat的ing形式）

    vi.

    squatter涉水而过