squat

position accroupie

Position basse, les genoux très pliés et le poids du corps reposant sur les pieds.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : crouch

Expressions courantes : deep squat, in a squat, hold a squat

s’accroupir

Abaisser le corps en pliant fortement les genoux, tout en restant sur les pieds.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : squat down (He squatted down to examine the tracks.)

Synonymes : crouch

Contraires : stand

Expressions courantes : squat down, squat beside someone, squat on something

faire des squats

Faire un exercice en pliant les genoux puis en se relevant tout en portant une charge.

En anglais simple : 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?

Expressions courantes : squat heavy weights, squat a barbell

retirer du catalogue

Cesser de produire ou de prendre en charge un kit de maquettes ou une gamme de kits.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : discontinue, retire

Expressions courantes : squat a faction, squat a range, squat a kit

trapu

Peu haut et large, avec souvent une apparence lourde ou peu élégante.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : stocky, stumpy

Contraires : slender

Expressions courantes : squat building, squat tower, squat bottle