grovel 的定义
grov·eled, grov·el·ing or grov·elled, grov·el·ling.
- to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- to lie or crawl with the face downward and the body prostrate, especially in abject humility, fear, etc.
- to take pleasure in mean or base things.
grovel 近义词
abase, demean oneself
grovel 的近义词 41 个
- beseech
- fawn
- beg
- blandish
- bootlick
- brown-nose
- court
- cower
- crawl
- creep
- cringe
- crouch
- flatter
- humor
- implore
- kneel
- kowtow
- pamper
- prostrate
- revere
- snivel
- soft-soap
- stoop
- truckle
- wheedle
- apple-polish
- beg for mercy
- bow and scrape
- butter up
- cater to
- eat crow
- eat dirt
- eat humble pie
- fall all over
- humble oneself
- kiss one's feet
- make much of
- make up to
- play up to
- suck up to
- yes
grovel 的反义词 4 个
更多grovel例句
- I found the island’s one pier, paddled out, and proceeded to grovel for two-foot waves.
- A 17th-century astronomer and naturalist, Giovanni Battista Hodierna, thought snakes used their tongues for “picking the dirt out of their noses … since they are always grovelling on the ground.”
- I love watching Washington partisans grovel, backpedal, and spin.
- Would-be partners had to grovel for deals and were only accepted on onerous terms, they said.
- We need not grovel in the sinks and cellars, neither need we ruminate upon the house-tops.
- Behind the back of Monsieur P—— they grouch; before his face they grovel.
- Nay, I would ask her forgiveness and grovel before her, if she would only let me enjoy her love again.
- Then the two ladies who looked beheld Houdaine fall down at the feet of Sir Tristram and grovel there with joy.
- Mahmud tried to grovel at the captains feet, wailing to Allah and the Prophet.