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解説 Definition
squatted は squat（しゃがむ）の過去形・過去分詞です。膝を曲げて低い姿勢になった状態や、その動作を表します。
Squatted is the past tense and past participle of squat. It means that someone lowered their body into a position with the knees deeply bent, often while keeping the feet on the ground.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
squatted は squat「膝を曲げてしゃがむ」の過去形・過去分詞です。短母音の後の語末子音 t を重ねて -ed を付け、squat–squatted となり、/ˈskwɒtɪd/ または /ˈskwɑːtɪd/ と発音します。squatted beside や squatted to look の低い姿勢を場面ごと覚えましょう。
Connect squatted with the base verb squat and the physical image of making the body compact and low. The final t is doubled before -ed: squat–squatted, and the ending forms another syllable. Picture someone who squatted beside a fire or squatted down to inspect an insect. Crouched is close, but squat often suggests deeply bent knees with the body’s weight supported over the feet. This posture-based image makes the past form easy to recall.
例文
He squatted beside the small fire.
彼は小さな火のそばにしゃがみました。
The child squatted to look at the insect.
その子どもは虫を見るためにしゃがみました。
She squatted near the shelf to reach the lower books.
彼女は下の段の本に手を伸ばすため、棚の近くでしゃがみました。
squatted の類義語・関連語
squatted の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古フランス語esquatir（押しつぶす）からesquatir→squatへ変化。ラテン語coactare（圧縮する）が語源で、ex-（強調）+coactare の構成。関連語: squat, crouch。体を押し縮めてしゃがむ姿勢そのものを表す直感的な語。
Squatted is the past-tense and past-participle form of squat. Squat entered English through Old French forms associated with pressing, crushing, or flattening, which helps explain the image of lowering and compressing the body. The verb came to mean sitting low with deeply bent knees. Grammatically, its final consonant is doubled before the past ending: squat becomes squatted.
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