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squat

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squat1 /skɒwt $ skwɑːt/ ●○○ verb (squatted, squatting) [intransitiveI]  
1 squat.jpg 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 sit5 see picture at 见图 crouch, gym
2. 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]
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squat2 adjectiveadj  
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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squat3 noun  
1. SIT[countableC] a squatting position 蹲坐;蹲姿
2 [countableC] British EnglishBrELIVE 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 [uncountableU] American EnglishAmE 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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From Longman Business Dictionary
squatsquat1 /skɒwtskwɑːt/ verb (squatted, squatting) [intransitiveI]PROPERTY
to live in a building or on a piece of land without permission and without paying rent
There are people squatting in the house next door.
squatsquat2 noun [singular] British EnglishBrEPROPERTY
a house that people are living in without permission and without paying rent
Origin 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) → SQUAT1
2. (1900-2000) diddlysquat; → DIDDLY

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