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]


 squatter
      See squat