单词 | squattest |
释义 | squattest in British Englishsuperlative adjective squat squat in British English (skwɒt) verbWord forms: squats, squatting or squatted (intransitive) 1. to rest in a crouching position with the knees bent and the weight on the feet 2. to crouch down, esp in order to hide 3. (transitive) law to occupy land or property to which the occupant has no legal title 4. weightlifting to crouch down to one's knees and rise to a standing position while holding (a specified weight) behind one's neck adjective 5. Also: squatty (ˈskwɒtɪ) short and broad a squat chair noun 6. a squatting position 7. weightlifting an exercise in which a person crouches down and rises up repeatedly while holding a barbell at shoulder height 8. a house occupied by squatters Derived forms squatly (ˈsquatly) adverb squatness (ˈsquatness) noun Word origin C13: from Old French esquater, from es- ex-1 + catir to press together, from Vulgar Latin coactīre (unattested), from Latin cōgere to compress, from co- + agere to drive |
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