Squat

(noun.) the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels.

(verb.) sit on one's heels; 'In some cultures, the women give birth while squatting'; 'The children hunkered down to protect themselves from the sandstorm'.

(verb.) occupy (a dwelling) illegally.

(verb.) be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; 'The building squatted low'.

(adj.) having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground .

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• Krempe was a little squat man, with a gruff voice and repulsive countenance; the teacher, therefore, did not prepossess me in favour of his doctrine. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• With difficulty he limped up to the door, where a squat, dark, elderly man was smoking a black clay pipe. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Hitherto they had been accustomed to squat in the open about the fire, and near their water supply. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• They were walking past the house of the old Patroon, with its squat walls and small square windows compactly grouped about a central chimney. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• He looked up from where he was squatted by the table and saw Maria and she smiled at him. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• The females and young squatted in a thin line at the outer periphery of the circle, while just in front of them ranged the adult males. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• She set down her basket, squatted herself down, and resting her elbows on her knees said, O Lord! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The three of us squatted over him in the rain. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining that which the man had brought from the house. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Here, he said, then squatted down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Before the coming of bronze there is no evidence of stools or tables; the Neolithic people probably squatted on their clay floors. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• This he placed in the middle of the floor and, squatting down upon a stool in front of it, he threw back the lid. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• As the din of the drum rose to almost deafening volume Kerchak sprang into the open space between the squatting males and the drummers. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Squatting beside D'Arnot he wrote for a minute on the smooth inner surface of the bark; then he handed it to the Frenchman. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Then she said, squatting by him, How does it seem to thee now that it is really starting? 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Then, squatting upon his haunches, he proceeded to eat, first motioning Clayton to join him. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Probably some of the women would hunt good flints; they would fish them out of the chalk with sticks and bring them to the squatting-place. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The young of the primitive squatting-place grew up under that fear. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.

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