squat

posizione accovacciata, accosciata

Posizione bassa con le ginocchia molto piegate e il peso del corpo sui piedi.

In inglese semplice: A low position with your knees deeply bent and your weight resting on your feet.

• She lowered herself into a squat.
• Hold the squat for ten seconds.
• He rested in a squat beside the fire.

Sinonimi: crouch

Espressioni comuni: deep squat, in a squat, hold a squat

accovacciarsi

Abbassare il corpo piegando molto le ginocchia, restando appoggiati sui piedi.

In inglese semplice: To lower your body by bending your knees deeply while staying on your feet.

• Squat down beside me.
• She squatted to pick up the coin.
• He was squatting near the door when I arrived.

Come si usa: squat down (He squatted down to examine the tracks.)

Sinonimi: crouch

Contrari: stand

Espressioni comuni: squat down, squat beside someone, squat on something

fare squat

Fare un esercizio piegando le ginocchia e poi rialzandosi mentre si sostiene un peso.

In inglese semplice: To lift a weight by bending your knees and then standing up with it.

• I can squat fifty kilograms.
• She squatted a heavier weight today.
• How much can you squat safely?

Espressioni comuni: squat heavy weights, squat a barbell

ritirare dal catalogo

Smettere di produrre o supportare un kit di modellismo o una serie di kit.

In inglese semplice: To stop producing or supporting a model kit or a group of model kits.

• The company may squat that faction.
• They squatted the entire range last year.
• Fans were disappointed when the manufacturer squatted their favorite kits.

Sinonimi: discontinue, retire

Espressioni comuni: squat a faction, squat a range, squat a kit

tozzo, tarchiato

Di poca altezza e molta larghezza, spesso dall’aspetto pesante o poco attraente.

In inglese semplice: Short and wide, often looking heavy or unattractive.

• It was a squat building.
• A squat bottle stood on the shelf.
• The squat tower looked small beside the church.

Sinonimi: stocky, stumpy

Contrari: slender

Espressioni comuni: squat building, squat tower, squat bottle