groveler 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.
groveler 近义词
等同于 yes man
等同于 apple-polisher
groveler 的近义词 6 个
等同于 sycophant
等同于 apple polisher
更多groveler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.