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squatness

/skwot/US // skwɒt //UK // (skwɒt) //

下蹲,蹲位,蹲下,蹲点

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    squat·ted or squat, squat·ting.

    • : to sit in a low or crouching position with the legs drawn up closely beneath or in front of the body; sit on one's haunches or heels.
    • : to crouch down or cower, as an animal.
    • : to settle on or occupy property, especially otherwise unoccupied property, without any title, right, or payment of rent.
    • : to settle on public land under government regulation, in order to acquire title.
    • : Nautical. to draw more water astern when in motion forward than when at rest.
v.有主动词 verb
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    squat·ted or squat, squat·ting.

    • : to cause to squat.
    • : to occupy as a squatter.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    squat·ter, squat·test.

    • : short and thickset.
    • : low and thick or broad: The building had a squat shape.
    • : seated or being in a squatting position; crouching.
n.名词 noun
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    • : the act or fact of squatting.
    • : a squatting position or posture.
    • : a weightlifting exercise in which a person squats and then returns to an erect position while holding a barbell at the back of the shoulders.
    • : Nautical. the tendency of a vessel to draw more water astern when in motion than when stationary.
    • : Slang. diddly-squat.
    • : a place occupied by squatters.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • As you jump, switch your leg position in the air and land with soft knees in the opposite split-squat stance.

  • Grasp the door frame with one arm extended in front of you, and perform a squat, keeping resistance through your arm as you stand back up.

  • OK, legs a little tired, gonna squat down here, maybe just take a knee.

  • To do this, they measure joint angles while the subjects do an unloaded half-squat.

  • This might look like a minute of burpees followed by two minutes of recovery or 20 seconds of jump squats followed by a minute of recovery.

  • The fitness coaches at a globo-gym like Gold's would notice that a user was struggling with their squat or treadmill run.

  • The barracks is a squat building surrounded by sandbags on a side street near the city center.

  • There may well be a chill here, but it has diddly-squat to do with the one Senator Alexander fears.

  • Deep Squat—For most squats you want to get your thighs parallel with the ground but for a deep squat you go ALL the way down.

  • The only difference is that you jump straight up and then land in a squat position.

  • Neither of us spoke again, and at length the squat log buildings of Pend d' Oreille loomed ahead of us in the night.

  • Madame Antoine seated her fat body, broad and squat, upon a bench beside the door.

  • Kerry crossed the room, laid his oilskin and cane upon a chair, and from the shelf where it reposed took a squat volume.

  • These people simply squat down wherever they can find a natural catchment for water.

  • I could not feel comfortable in the seats and lounges, as they were very low, requiring an oriental squat at which I am not adept.