squat

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
/skwɒt/    /skwɑt/|/skwɔt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).
  2. A position assumed by bending deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. countable,uncountable
    — Sit in a squat, with your feet a comfortable distance apart.
  3. Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee. countable,uncountable
  4. Any of various modes of callisthenic exercises performed by moving the body and bending at least one knee.; A specific exercise in weightlifting performed by bending deeply at the knees and then rising (back squat), especially with a barbell resting across the shoulders (barbell back squat). countable,uncountable
    — The king of all quad exercises, and arguably the best single-weight resistance exercise, is the squat.
  5. A building occupied without permission, as practiced by a squatter. countable,uncountable
    — Your dumb self can't appreciate the freedom in my thought / The weak sense of autonomy when I'm flipping in my squat
  6. A place of concealment in which a hare spends time when inactive, especially during the day; a form. countable,uncountable
  7. A toilet used by squatting as opposed to sitting; a squat toilet. countable,uncountable
  8. Clipping of diddly-squat; something of no value. Canada,US,abbreviation,alt-of,clipping
    — I know squat about nuclear physics.
  9. A small vein of ore. countable,uncountable
  10. A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. countable,uncountable
    — A Mineral, very ponderous, and probably holding Tin. […] 'Twas part of a Squat, at Hewas-Work; not far from Polgouth, in St. Stephen's Liberty, Cornwall.
  11. Squat effect. countable,uncountable
  12. A sudden or crushing fall. countable,obsolete,uncountable
    — bruises, and squats, and falls, which often kill others
  13. A dental practice set up from scratch instead of joining an existing one. countable,slang,uncountable
    — […] needs many patients to be viable — definitely not for the first six months of a squat. Ron mentioned that many graduates ask representatives for advice regarding squats and those he has not deterred have done well […]
动词 v.
  1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet.
    — He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did.
  2. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.
  3. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee.; To exercise by bending deeply at the knees and then rising, while bearing weight across the shoulders or upper back.
    — For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly.
  4. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner.
    — Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing.
  5. To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation.
    — "But there seemed to be little satisfaction got out of this run; every moment the hare squatted, and the hounds lost the scent time after time."
  6. To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash. dated
  7. To cybersquat. Internet
    — The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been squatted by a domain squatter. A malicious person could reinstate this domain with malicious code on it.
  8. To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits. slang
    — I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
形容词 adj.
  1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad.
    — The SQUILL-INSECT. […] So called from ſome ſimilitude to the Squill-fiſh: chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and ſquat. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a Bulls horns.
  2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching.
    — [H]im there they found, / Squat like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, […]

词形变化

squatter comparative squattest superlative squats plural squats present,singular,third-person squatting participle,present squatted participle,past squatted past squats plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
Proto-Italic *eks
Latin ex
Latin ex-
Old French es-
Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
Proto-Italic *kom
Proto-Italic *kom-
Latin co-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-eti
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti
Proto-Italic *agō
Latin agō
Latin cōgō
Latin coāctusder.
Old French quatir
Old French esquatirder.
Middle English squatten
English squat
From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”).
The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain.
词源 2
From Latin squatina.
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