蹲dūn
❶ (两腿尽量弯曲,像坐的样子) squat on the heels;crouch:~ 在火边 squat about [by] the fire;
两人 ~ 下就聊起来了。 Squatting down,the two of them started to have a chat.
❷ (比喻呆着或闲居) stay:~ 在家里 stay at home;
他在实验室里一 ~ 就是好几个小时。 He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.
另见 see also cún。
◆蹲膘 fatten in the shed;get fattened;
蹲点 work at a selected spot (for investigation and study);go to a particular place at the grass-roots level to help improve the work and sum up experience;
蹲监狱 be imprisoned;lie in prison;
蹲苗 {农} restrain the growth of seedlings (for root development)