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Squat Verb Short People Unused Building Land Squatting

单词 squat
音标
英[skwɒt] 美[skwɑt]
解释
vi.蹲,蹲伏;擅自占用土地;依法在政府公地上定居;〈口〉坐;vt.使蹲坐;使蹲下;擅自占用;n.蹲坐,蹲姿;擅自占用的土地;[体]蹲举式举重;动物的窝;adj.矮胖的;蹲着的;
例句

VERB
蹲;蹲坐
If you squat, you lower yourself towards the ground, balancing on your feet with your legs bent.
例:He squatted, grunting at the pain in his knees...他蹲在那儿,双膝的伤痛得他直哼哼。
例: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。

ADJ-GRADED
矮胖的;短粗的
If you describe someone or something as squat, you mean they are short and thick, usually in an unattractive way.
例: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。
例:...squat stone houses.矮墩墩的石马

VERB
擅自占用(闲置房屋或土地)
People who squat occupy an unused building or unused land without having a legal right to do so.
例: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。
例: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
A squat is an empty building that people are living in illegally, without paying any rent or any property tax.
例: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。
例: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。
变形
third:squats~done:squatted~pl:squats~est:squattest~ing:squatting~er:squatter~past:squatted~

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