grovelling的中文翻译是什么意思

grovelling

US/ ˈɡrɑːvlɪŋ/
UK/ˈɡrɒvlɪŋ/

adj. 卑下的,奴颜婢膝的

v. 卑躬屈节,奴颜婢膝( grovel的现在分词 ); 趴

grovelling柯林斯释义

VERB卑躬屈膝;奴颜婢膝

If you say that someone grovels, you think they are behaving too respectfully towards another person, for example because they are frightened or because they want something.

  • I don't grovel to anybody...

    我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。

  • Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel.

    发言人的声音被叫嚷声盖住了,课堂一片混乱,老师们不得不好言相劝。

VERB(为找东西等)爬行,匍匐

If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something.

  • We grovelled around the club on our knees.

    我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。

grovelling英文释义

Adjective

1. totally submissive

    grovelling词性变形

    grovel

    grovelling近义词

    creepingdegraded