资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Squat \Squat\, n.
   1. The posture of one that sits on his heels or hams, or
      close to the ground.

   2. A sudden or crushing fall. [Obs.] --erbert.

   3. (Mining)
      (a) A small vein of ore.
      (b) A mineral consisting of tin ore and spar. --Halliwell.
          Woodward.

   {Squat snipe} (Zo["o]l.), the jacksnipe; -- called also
      {squatter}. [Local, U.S.]