单词 | squatted |
释义 | squattedadj. 1. Pressed down, crushed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > condition of being broad in relation to thickness > [adjective] > made broad and flat > by pressure squat1600 quasheda1652 squatteda1678 squelched1837 squashed1856 squeegeed1904 a1678 A. Marvell Wks. (1786) III. 215 The nightingale..adorns With music high the squatted thorns. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > stem or stalk > [adjective] > having or resembling a footstalk > not having a footstalk or sessile sessile1753 squatted1760 subsessile1760 sitting1776 1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. i. xix. 49 A Compound Flower is an aggregate one, comprehending many Florets that are sessile, squatted, or without Peduncles. 3. Settled down in a squatting posture. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of crouching or squatting > [adjective] quatc1425 hurkling?a1513 hurkled1567 squat1582 crouchanta1593 crouching1600 couchant1693 squatted1818 squatting1871 scrooched1885 1818 J. Keats Endymion i. 16 To surprise The squatted hare while in half sleeping fit. 1895 J. G. Millais Breath from Veldt iii. 36 A squatted covey, taken by surprise, will often rise singly or in pairs. 4. Occupied by squatters. Also with in. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > occupied by squatters squatted1963 1963 S. Cooper in M. Sissons & P. French Age of Austerity 46 The squatted-in camps were..a useful temporary stopgap for the housing problem. 1973 Guardian 5 Mar. 6/4 Everyone dropped in on another squatted house. 1975 Time Out 25 July 5/4 Islington Council is currently threatening to have electricity and gas supplies cut off to dozens of squatted houses in Finsbury Park. 1981 Times 14 July 2/4 According to Mrs Jean Styles..only two flats are empty and two ‘squatted’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.a1678 |
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