英语词汇“to grovel in the dust or dirt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. intransitive. To lie prone or with the face downwards; to move with the body prostrate upon the ground; to grovel in the dust or dirt (figurative): to humble oneself, perform an act of humiliation.

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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > prostrate or face down

grovela1616

nuddle1631

the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (intransitive)]

to eat one's words1571

humblea1592

to eat (any one's) toads1815

to eat humble pie1830

to grovel in the dust or dirt1865

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. ii. 9 Gaze on, and grouell on thy face.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 They ceremoniously kneele and bow vnto [idols], groueling then vpon the Earth, they throw dust on their faces.

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 141 Old Warriors turn'd Thir plated backs under his heel; Or grovling soild thir crested helmets in the dust.

1700 J. Addison Milton's Stile Imitated iii, in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 58 Thunder-struck Enceladus Groveling beneath the incumbent mountain's weight Lyes stretch'd supine.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 575 Close to his breast she grovels on the ground.

1839 Tennyson in Mem. (1897) I. 171 She was grovelling on the floor in an extremity of fear.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xiv. 125 Am I to grovel in the dust for him to walk over?

1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. liii. 105 She is not such a paragon that a man should condescend to grovel in the dirt for her.

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 211 The Parliament..grovelled in the dust at the Cardinal's feet.

单词	to grovel in the dust or dirt
释义	> as lemmas to grovel in the dust or dirt a. intransitive. To lie prone or with the face downwards; to move with the body prostrate upon the ground; to grovel in the dust or dirt (figurative): to humble oneself, perform an act of humiliation. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (intransitive)] > prostrate or face down grovela1616 nuddle1631 the mind > emotion > humility > self-abasement > humble oneself [verb (intransitive)] to eat one's words1571 humblea1592 to eat (any one's) toads1815 to eat humble pie1830 to grovel in the dust or dirt1865 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. ii. 9 Gaze on, and grouell on thy face. View more context for this quotation 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 8 They ceremoniously kneele and bow vnto [idols], groueling then vpon the Earth, they throw dust on their faces. 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 141 Old Warriors turn'd Thir plated backs under his heel; Or grovling soild thir crested helmets in the dust. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Addison Milton's Stile Imitated iii, in Misc. Wks. (1726) I. 58 Thunder-struck Enceladus Groveling beneath the incumbent mountain's weight Lyes stretch'd supine. 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey II. viii. 575 Close to his breast she grovels on the ground. 1839 Tennyson in Mem. (1897) I. 171 She was grovelling on the floor in an extremity of fear. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. xiv. 125 Am I to grovel in the dust for him to walk over? 1867 A. Trollope Last Chron. Barset II. liii. 105 She is not such a paragon that a man should condescend to grovel in the dirt for her. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 211 The Parliament..grovelled in the dust at the Cardinal's feet. extracted from grovelv. < as lemmas
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