"settler who occupies land without legal title," 1788, agent noun from squat (v.); in reference to paupers or homeless people in uninhabited buildings, it is recorded from 1880.
雙語例句
1. The squatter settlements originally came into being through illegal land invasions.
違章建筑區(qū)最初是通過非法的土地占有而形成的.
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2. Squatter control is maintained by regular patrols and hut - to - hut checks.
當(dāng)局定期逐戶視察所有寮屋,以收管制之效.
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3. Land claimed by a settler or squatter, especially under the Homestead Act.
在一個(gè)新的地域中的首批殖民者或定居者.
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4. Around the Pretoria alone there are 80 squatter settlements.