squatted

英 [ˈskwɒtɪd]

美 [ˈskwɑːtɪd]

v.  蹲坐; 蹲; 偷住，擅自占用(房子或地方)
squat的过去分词和过去式

过去式：squatted　

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。

双语例句

• The children squatted in the straw like so many clucking hens.
  孩子们蹲在稻草堆里像许多咯咯啼叫的母鸡。
• She wrote: The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man.
  她写到：这位警官蹲在地上，为流浪汉穿上袜子和一双新的靴子。
• He squatted down under the tree.
  他蹲在树下。
• He squatted on the floor and gave vent to a deep sigh
  他蹲在地板上，深深叹了一口气。
• He squatted in the grass discussing with someone.
  他蹲在草地上与一个人谈话。
• He squatted down beside the footprints and examined them closely.
  他蹲在脚印旁仔细地观察。
• He, drawing a knife from his rags, squatted back and grinned at me like a wild-cat.
  他霍地从他的破衣服里抽出一把小刀，退后一步，蹲在地上，象只野猫似的对着我狞笑。
• I got my little fire going again, and as I squatted by it, I started to cry.
  我把小火又烧得旺了起来。我蹲在火堆边，开始哭了起来。
• One morning a small boy squatted motionless on the grass in the garden for a long time.
  一天早上，一个小男孩安静地蹲在院子的草地上很长时间。
• Eg. he squatted down to peep into the basket.
  他蹲下来向篮子里窥视了一下。