a. 尚未生毛的, 矮胖的, 刚孵出的

n. 雏鸟, 矮胖子

ad. 沉重地

Squab \Squab\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) A nestling of a pigeon or other similar bird,
esp. when very fat and not fully fledged.

2. A person of a short, fat figure.

Gorgonious sits abdominous and wan,
Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. --Cowper.

3. A thickly stuffed cushion; especially, one used for the
seat of a sofa, couch, or chair; also, a sofa.

Punching the squab of chairs and sofas. --Dickens.

On her large squab you find her spread. --Pope.


Squab \Squab\, adv. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvapp, a word imitative of a
splash, and E. squab fat, unfledged.]
With a heavy fall; plump. [Vulgar]

The eagle took the tortoise up into the air, and
dropped him down, squab, upon a rock. --L'Estrange.


Squab \Squab\, v. i.
To fall plump; to strike at one dash, or with a heavy stroke.
[Obs.]


Squab \Squab\ (skw[o^]b), a. [Cf. dial. Sw. sqvabb a soft and
fat body, sqvabba a fat woman, Icel. kvap jelly, jellylike
things, and E. quab.]
1. Fat; thick; plump; bulky.

Nor the squab daughter nor the wife were nice.
--Betterton.

2. Unfledged; unfeathered; as, a squab pigeon. --King.