squatter

英 [ˈskwɒtə(r)]

美 [ˈskwɑːtər]

n.  擅自占用他人房子(或土地)的人
adj.  矮而宽的; 矮胖的
squat的比较级

复数：squatters　

Collins.1 / BNC.15222 / COCA.14370

牛津词典

noun

• 擅自占用他人房子（或土地）的人
  a person who is living in a building or on land without permission and without paying rent

柯林斯词典

• 擅自占住空房者
  Asquatteris someone who lives in an unused building without having a legal right to do so and without paying any rent or any property tax.
• N-COUNT 擅自占用空地者
  Asquatteris someone who occupies unused land, either to farm it or to build a house on it, without having a legal right to do so.
  1. When they returned to Tuol Sakor, they found all the best land taken by squatters.
     当回到图尔沙科尔时，他们发现那些最好的土地全都被人侵占了。

英英释义

noun

• someone who settles on land without right or title
• someone who settles lawfully on government land with the intent to acquire title to it
  Synonym:homesteadernester

双语例句

• Housing demand varies according to economic conditions and population fluctuations, as well as policy decisions which may create housing needs ( for example, the pace of squatter clearance).
  房屋需求会因经济状况、人口变动和政策决定而改变（例如清拆旧屋的速度）。
• When they returned to Tuol Sakor, they found all the best land taken by squatters.
  当回到图尔沙科尔时，他们发现那些最好的土地全都被人侵占了。
• "Squatter Control General Survey, 1976"
  一九七六年寮屋管制全面登记
• Squatter area occupancy survey
  寮屋区居住情况调查
• Rooftop squatter freezing survey
  天台寮屋冻结人口登记
• Squatter Area Lighting Improvement Scheme
  寮屋区灯光改善计划
• Of course, for many of those living in squatter settlements, even low-cost homes such as those being developed by Tata are beyond their financial reach.
  当然，对于许多生活在窝棚区的人来说，即使是塔塔正在开发的此类低价住房也超出了他们的经济承受能力。
• Occupation of property ( such as by squatter) contrary to the rights of the real owner
  违反真正所有人的权利擅自占有财产，如擅自占地者
• De Vries found Afrikaners begging at traffic lights, and living as vagabonds in squatter camps.
  在南非，德弗里斯见到了在交通灯前乞讨的阿非利卡人，无家可归、住在棚户区的阿非利卡人。
• The facilities of the old town left incomplete, poor quality housing that is, squatter settlements, has brought very serious negative effects to urban development.
  旧城区遗留的设施不全、质量较差的房屋，即棚户区，对城市发展带来很严重的负面影响。