squatter

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈskwɒ.tə/    美 /ˈskwɑ.təɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who squats; one who sits down idly.
    — “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera,[…]the chlorotic squatters on huge yachts, the speed-mad fugitives from the furies of ennui, the neurotic victims of mental cirrhosis, the jewelled animals whose moral code is the code of the barnyard—!"
  2. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.; One who occupied Crown land. Australia,historical
    — While settlement in New South Wales was initially confined, many moved outside the boundaries to become squatters, eventually consolidating their originally illegal hold on the land.
  3. One who occupies a building or land without title or permission.; A poor vagrant; a hobo or beggar; one suffering from extreme poverty. Philippines
  4. A large-scale grazier and landowner. Australia,historical
    — Down came the squatter, a'riding his thoroughbred, / Down came policemen, one, two and three. /'Whose is the jumbuck you've got in the tucker bag? / You'll come a-waltzing Matilda, with me.'
  5. A squat toilet. informal
    — All of the toilets in both the men's and women's sides were squatters.
形容词 adj.
  1. comparative form of squat: more squat comparative,form-of
    — Nearer at hand, to the left of a huge block (a telephone exchange) and over the top of another, lower, survivor of the blitz, rises the pinnacled tower of St. Alban's Church, and just to the left a glimpse can be obtained of the top of the squatter tower of St. Mary's Aldermanbury.

词形变化

squatters plural

词汇关系

衍生词
antisquatter cybersquatter squatter camp squatterdom squattering squatterism websquatter

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
English -er
English squatter
From squat + -er.
词源 2
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
English -er
English squatter
From squat + -er.
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