grovel

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be prone on the ground. intransitive
  2. To crawl. intransitive
    — In the tube station, the old ones who were on the way out / Would dribble and vomit and grovel and shout
  3. To abase oneself before another person. intransitive
    — She refused to grovel in front of the bully, standing her ground.
  4. To be slavishly nice to someone or apologize in the hope of securing something. intransitive
    — He had to grovel before his boss after missing the important meeting.
  5. To take pleasure in mundane activities. intransitive

词形变化

grovels present,singular,third-person groveling US,participle,present grovelling UK,participle,present groveled US,participle,past groveled US,past grovelled UK,participle,past grovelled UK,past

词汇关系

衍生词
groveler groveller grovelingly grovellingly grovelsome

词源

From Middle English *grovelen, from Old Norse grufla, grœfla (“to grovel”), from Proto-Germanic *grubilōną (“to dig, delve into”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ‑ (“to dig, scrape, scrabble, scratch”); akin to Old Norse á grufu (“on one's belly”) ( > Old Norse grúfa (“to lie face down, grovel”)). Cognate with Scots grovel, gruvil (“to grovel”), German grübeln (“to meditate, ponder”), Norwegian Nynorsk gruvla (“to grovel”). Compare also West Frisian groebeltsje (“to make a mess, skip school, skive”), Dutch grobbelen (“to grope, root, grub”).
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