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

grovel

(grɒvəl )

Word forms: grovels , grovelling , grovelled regional note: in AM, use groveling, groveled

1. verb

If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something. [disapproval]

I don't grovel to anybody. [V + to/before]

Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. [VERB]

...a letter of grovelling apology. [VERB-ing]

Synonyms: humble yourself, creep, crawl, flatter

2. verb

If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.

We grovelled around the club on our knees. [VERB preposition/adverb]

[Also VERB]

Synonyms: crawl, crouch, go on hands and knees, go on all fours

Translations:

Chinese: 卑躬屈膝

Japanese: ぺこぺこする

单词	grovel
释义	grovel (grɒvəl ) Word forms: grovels , grovelling , grovelled regional note: in AM, use groveling, groveled 1. verb If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something. [disapproval] I don't grovel to anybody. [V + to/before] Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. [VERB] ...a letter of grovelling apology. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: humble yourself, creep, crawl, flatter 2. verb If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something. We grovelled around the club on our knees. [VERB preposition/adverb] [Also VERB] Synonyms: crawl, crouch, go on hands and knees, go on all fours Translations: Chinese: 卑躬屈膝 Japanese: ぺこぺこする
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