蹲dūn
? ? (兩腿盡量彎曲，像坐的樣子) squat on the heels;crouch:～ 在火邊 squat about [by] the fire；
兩人 ～ 下就聊起來了。 Squatting down,the two of them started to have a chat.
? （比喻呆著或閑居） stay:～ 在家里 stay at home；
他在實驗室里一 ～ 就是好幾個小時。 He would stay for hours at a stretch in the laboratory.
另見 see also cún。
◆蹲膘 fatten in the shed;get fattened；
蹲點 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；
蹲監(jiān)獄 be imprisoned;lie in prison；
蹲苗 {農(nóng)} restrain the growth of seedlings (for root development)