squat

• vi. 蹲，蹲下；蹲坐；蹲伏
• vt. 使蹲坐，使蹲下
• n. 蹲坐，蜷伏
• adj. 蹲着的；矮胖的

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。

1. exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position; strengthens the leg muscles

2. a small worthless amount;

"you don't know jack"

3. the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position

squat

squat: [13] Someone who squats is etymologically ‘forced together’ – and indeed the verb originally meant ‘squash, flatten’ in English (‘This stone shall fall on such men, and squat them all to powder’, John Wyclif, Sermons 1380). Not until the early 15th century did the modern sense (based on the notion of hunching oneself up small and low) emerge. The word was adapted from Old French esquatir, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix es- and quatir ‘press flat’.

This in turn came from Vulgar Latin *coactīre ‘press together’, a verb based on Latin coāctus, the past participle of cōgere ‘force together’ (from which English gets cogent [17]). The adjectival use of squat for ‘thickset’, which preserves some of the word’s original connotations of being ‘flattened’, is first recorded in 1630. Swat ‘slap’ [17] originated as a variant of squat.
=> cogent, swat

squat (v.)

mid-14c., "to crush;" early 15c., "crouch on the heels," from Old French esquatir, escatir "compress, press down, lay flat, crush," from es- "out" (see ex-) + Old French quatir "press down, flatten," from Vulgar Latin *coactire "press together, force," from Latin coactus, past participle of cogere "to compel, curdle, collect" (see cogent). Meaning "to settle on land without any title or right" is from 1800. Related: Squatted; squatting.

squat (n.)

c. 1400, "bump, heavy fall," from squat (v.). Meaning "posture of one who squats" is from 1570s; that of "act of squatting" is from 1580s. Slang noun sense of "nothing at all" first attested 1934, probably suggestive of squatting to defecate. Weight-lifting sense is from 1954.

squat (adj.)

early 15c., "crouch on the heels, in a squatting position," from squat (v.)). Sense of "short, thick" dates from 1620s.

They ended up squatting in the empty houses on Oxford Road.

他们落得在牛津路偷住空房的境地。

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to live in a squat

擅自住在他人空着的房子里

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a squat tower

矮而粗的塔

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a squat muscular man with a shaven head

剃光头的矮壮男人

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He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees...

他蹲在那儿，双膝的伤痛得他直哼哼。

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We squatted beside the pool and watched the diver sink slowly down...

我们蹲在水池旁，看着潜水者慢慢沉下水。

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Eddie was a short squat fellow in his forties with thinning hair.

埃迪四十多岁，矮矮胖胖的，头发日渐稀疏。

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...squat stone houses.

矮墩墩的石马

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You can't simply wander around squatting on other people's property...

你不能这样到处乱窜，擅自占用别人的地产。

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They earn their living by squatting the land and sharecropping.

他们靠擅自占用土地，按种地的收益分成为生。

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After returning from Paris, David moved to a squat in Brixton...

从巴黎回来后，戴维搬进了布里克斯顿的一座空房里住下了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Thomas now faces eviction from his squat.

托马斯现在要被从他占住的房子里驱赶出来。

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He is a squat man.

他是一个矮胖的男人.

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Squat Hops greatly helps to improve cardiovascular endurance, short distance running speed and lateral quickness.

蹲着的单脚跳非常帮助改良心脏血管的忍耐, 短距离流动的速度和侧面的急速.

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Now they were stopping at a squat red frame station.

他们在一座又矮又小的红色木头房子里停住了.

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The savages squat around the fire.

野人们围火蹲着.

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Forget postcoital cuddling : Soranus recommended that women squat down and sneeze immediately after intercourse.

忘记“后戏”: 索拉努斯建议女性在性交后蹲下并努力挤压.

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The trousers were open in the back to enable him squat by himself when necessary.

裤子是开档的,以便他在必要时自己方便.

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He gave me diddly squat for all my hard work.

对我的辛苦工作他只付了一点微不足道的报酬.

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The horse threw himself into a squat.

马一下子卧倒在地.

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A squat figure sat in front of the fire.

一个蹲坐的人形坐在火炉的前面.

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At the time he was homeless, moving from squat to squat through condemned streets in Blackburn.

那时他无家可归, 只好碾转于布莱克本犯罪街区的空房里.

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The fox is a little tired son, squat down, in a breath.

狐狸有点累儿了, 蹲下来呼哧 、 呼哧地喘气.

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Operational Guidelines for School Official Cites Use: direction control crucial balance squat down.

操作指南: 方向键控制平衡,下蹲.

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Squat thrust was traditional training way to develop leg strength.

负重深蹲起练习是发展腿部力量的传统训练方法.

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