squatting

英 [ˈskwɒtɪŋ]

美 [ˈskwɑːtɪŋ]

v.  蹲坐; 蹲; 偷住，擅自占用(房子或地方)
squat的现在分词

现在分词：squatting　

BNC.38304 / COCA.36259

柯林斯词典

• VERB 蹲;蹲坐
  If yousquat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent.
  1. He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees...
     他蹲在那儿，双膝的伤痛得他直哼哼。
  2. 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。
  3. He came over and squatted on his heels, looking up at the boys.
     他走过来，蹲下身，抬头看着这些男孩。
  4. Squat downmeans the same assquat.
     squat down同squat
  5. Albert squatted down and examined it...
     阿尔伯特蹲下来仔细查看它。
  6. She had squatted down on her heels.
     她蹲下身。
  7. Squatis also a noun.
     
  8. He bent to a squat and gathered the puppies on his lap.
     他弯腰蹲下，把小狗们都抱到自己腿上。
• ADJ-GRADED 矮胖的;短粗的
  If you describe someone or something assquat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way.
  1. 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。
  2. ...squat stone houses.
     矮墩墩的石马
• VERB 擅自占用(闲置房屋或土地)
  People whosquatoccupy an unused building or unused land without having a legal right to do so.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT 被擅自占住的空房
  Asquatis an empty building that people are living in illegally, without paying any rent or any property tax.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
  Synonym:squat
• exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent
  Synonym:knee bendsquat

双语例句

• As I've mentioned, I'm squatting temporarily in a management job vacated by a beloved and longtime editor at TIME.
  正如我前面提到现在我暂时“霸占”了一位长期受人们爱戴的《时代》编辑腾出的管理工作。
• The performance, also done by pairs of dancers, presents the skill of squatting jump and spinning.
  其表演以双人对舞为主、跳蹲与旋转的技艺；
• The two of them were squatting on the dirty road, talking the way farmers do.
  他俩在肮脏的路上席地而坐，像农民那样交谈着。
• Work on the new offices has come to a halt because homeless families are squatting oil the site.
  建新办公寓的工作只能停止，因为无家可归的家庭擒自占用了这地方。
• After about two minutes of silently squatting on someone's lawn holding a pine cone, I realized the squirrel was dead.
  就这样在别人家的草坪上拿个松果蹲了两分钟之后，我意识到那是只死松鼠。
• She was squatting on the floor of the classroom we were using as a makeshift clinic.
  这是一所学校的教室，我们用作临时诊所。
• It so happened that master had spotted a ragged vagabond squatting by the roadside and wanted to offer him some food and a pair of trousers.
  原来师父看见路旁有一位流浪汉蹲着，衣服破烂，师父要送他食物和裤子。
• The girl bade me sit down on the foot-stool in front of the stove, she herself squatting beside me, sizing me up.
  这小姑娘把炉前的小凳子让我坐了，她自己就蹲在我旁边，不住地打量我。
• I want to hear all about that squatting you did.
  我要你告诉我上次闹“占居”是怎么回事。
• If you have little tykes, this means squatting down& but trust us, it's worth it.
  如果你要拍小孩子，这就意味着你要蹲下来了但是相信我们，这是值得的。