grovel
音標['gr?vl] 讀音漢語翻譯
vi. 趴, 匍匐, 卑躬屈膝
詞型變化:
副詞:grovelingly 名詞:groveler 動詞過去式:groveled,grovelled 過去分詞:groveled,grovelled 現在分詞:groveling,grovelling 第三人稱單數:grovels,grovels英文解釋:
動詞 grovel:
- show submission or fear同義詞:fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower
例句:
- You will just have to grovel to the bank manager for a loan.你只得低聲下氣地向銀行經理借貸。
- Those who wished a favour of the emperor had to grovel on hands and knees before him.
詳細解釋:
grov.el
v.intr.(不及物動詞)grov.eled 也作 grov.elled grov.el.ing grov.el.ling grov.els grov.els To behave in a servile or demeaning manner; cringe.低聲下氣,卑從:表現出卑躬曲膝或自甘 * 的態度;阿諛奉承To lie or creep in a prostrate position, as in subservience or humility.匍匐爬行,趴著:以俯臥的姿勢躺或爬,如奉承或屈辱To give oneself over to base pleasures:沉緬,沉溺:例句:.Have we not groveled here long enough, eating and drinking like mere brutesô.(Walt Whitman).難道我們現在放縱得還不夠長久,僅僅象畜生一樣地吃喝?.(沃爾特·惠特曼)
來源:Back-formation from obsolete groveling [prone, face downward] 源自 廢語 groveling的逆構詞 [俯身,臉朝下彎腰] from Middle English 源自 中古英文 (on) grufe [face downwards] from Old Norse 3 grôfu from grôfa [to grovel] (on) grufe [臉朝下彎腰] 源自 古斯堪的納維亞語 3 grôfu 源自 grôfa [吃喝] -ling [adv. suff.] * see -ling 2-ling [副詞後綴] *參見 -ling2
【引伸】
grov.eler
n.(名詞)grov.elingly
adv.(副詞)
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