grovel
grovel 英 [ˈgrɒvl] 美 [ˈgrɑvl]
vi. 匍匐；卑躬屈膝；趴
进行时:grovelling 过去式:grovelled 过去分词:grovelled 第三人称单数:grovels 名词复数:grovels
- To grovel is to beg like a hungry dog. You don't have to be a canine though; you might grovel for a better grade (please don't).
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- vi. 匍匐；卑躬屈膝；趴
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1. Waiters and receptionists grovel before him.
在他面前，各种场所的侍者和接待员都会卑躬屈膝
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2. Don't grovel on the ground there: up, this moment!'
不要在那边地上趴着：起来，立刻起来！
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3. After struggling for months, it dawned on me that I needed to grovel.
在苦苦挣扎了几个月后，我终于顿悟到自己应该在她面前卑躬屈膝才是。
- grovel (v.) 1590s, Shakespearean back-formation from groveling "on the face, prostrate" (mid-14c.), also used in Middle English as an adjective but probably really an adverb, from gruffe, from Old Norse grufe "prone" + obsolete adverbial suffix -ling (which survives also as the -long in headlong, sidelong). The Old Norse word is found in liggja à grufu "lie face-down," literally "lie on proneness." Old Norse also had grufla "to grovel," grufa "to grovel, cower, crouch down." The whole group is perhaps related to creep (v.). Related: Groveled; grovelled; groveling; grovelling.
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