英语词汇“grovel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

grov·el

(grŏvəl, grŭv-)

intr.v. grov·eled, grov·el·ing, grov·els also grov·elled or grov·el·ling

1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner.

2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.

3. To give oneself over to base pleasures: "Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?" (Walt Whitman).

[Back-formation from obsolete groveling, prone, face downward, from Middle English : (on) grufe, face downwards (from Old Norse ā grūfu, from grūfa, to grovel) + -ling, adv. suff.; see -LING².]

grovel·er n.

单词	grovel
释义	grov·el (grŏvəl, grŭv-) intr.v. grov·eled, grov·el·ing, grov·els also grov·elled or grov·el·ling 1. To behave in a servile or obsequious manner. 2. To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility. 3. To give oneself over to base pleasures: "Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutes?" (Walt Whitman). [Back-formation from obsolete groveling, prone, face downward, from Middle English : (on) grufe, face downwards (from Old Norse ā grūfu, from grūfa, to grovel) + -ling, adv. suff.; see -LING².] grovel·er n.
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