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