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squat·ter /ˈskwɑtɚ/
蹲著的人(vi.)涉水而過
Squat·ter n.
1. One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under legal permission and restrictions, before acquiring title.
In such a tract, squatters and trespassers were tolerated to an extent now unknown. --Macaulay.
2. Zool. See Squat snipe, under Squat.
Squatter sovereignty, the right claimed by the squatters, or actual residents, of a Territory of the United States to make their own laws. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
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squatter
n 1: someone who settles lawfully on government land with the
intent to acquire title to it [syn: homesteader, nester]
2: someone who settles on land without right or title
squat
adj 1: short and thick; as e.g. having short legs and heavy
musculature; "some people seem born to be square and
chunky"; "a dumpy little dumpling of a woman";
"dachshunds are long lowset dogs with drooping ears";
"a little church with a squat tower"; "a squatty red
smokestack"; "a stumpy ungainly figure" [syn: chunky,
dumpy, low-set, squatty, stumpy]
2: having a low center of gravity; built low to the ground
[syn: underslung]
n 1: exercising by repeatedly assuming a squatting position;
strengthens the leg muscles [syn: knee bend, squatting]
2: a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack" [syn: jack,
diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit,
diddly, diddley, shit]
3: the act of assuming or maintaining a squatting position
[syn: squatting]
v 1: sit on one's heels; "In some cultures, the women give birth
while squatting"; "The children hunkered down to protect
themselves from the sandstorm" [syn: crouch, scrunch,
scrunch up, hunker, hunker down]
2: be close to the earth, or be disproportionately wide; "The
building squatted low"
3: occupy (a dwelling) illegally
[also: squatting, squatted, squattest, squatter]