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单词 groveling
释义 grov·el·ing
I. adverb
or grov·el·ling \ˈgräv(ə)liŋ, ˈgrəv-\; or grov·el·ings or grov·el·lings \-ŋz\
Etymology: Middle English groveling, grufelinge, grovelings, gruflinges, from gruf, groffe, adverb, on the face, prone (from Old Norse ā grūfu) + -ling, -lings; akin to Old Norse grūfa to grovel, krjūpa to creep — more at on, creep
archaic : in prostrate position
II. adjective
or grovelling \“\
1.
 a. : having the face or body on or toward the ground : not upright : prone
  < the groveling creatures of the woods and fields >
 b. : having a creeping or crawling gait or locomotion
  < the dominant creatures of the Cambrian seas were the … groveling arthropods — C.O.Dunbar >
2.
 a. : abject, servile, cringing
  < at once groveling and arrogant in the most peculiar fashion — Louis Bromfield >
  < without any groveling appeal for sympathy — Anthony West >
 b. : low, base
  < who ever entertained so groveling a thought — Henry Fielding >
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