Squatting v. 蹲(重心下移,强占)
- The old man squatted down by the fire.
老人蹲在炉火旁。 - The old man squatted (down) by the fire.
老人蹲在炉火旁.
squatting[ noun ]- exercising by repeatedly assuming a crouching position with the knees bent; strengthens the leg muscles
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- the act of assuming or maintaining a crouching position with the knees bent and the buttocks near the heels
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Squat \Squat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Squatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Squatting}.] [OE. squatten to crush, OF. esquater, esquatir
(cf. It. quatto squat, cowering), perhaps fr. L. ex +
coactus, p. p. of cogere to drive or urge together. See
{Cogent}, {Squash}, v. t.]
1. To sit down upon the hams or heels; as, the savages
squatted near the fire.
2. To sit close to the ground; to cower; to stoop, or lie
close, to escape observation, as a partridge or rabbit.
3. To settle on another's land without title; also, to settle
on common or public lands.
- Squatting behind home plate for the White Sox this young baseball season, 40-year-old Carlton Fisk feels lousy.