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grovel 音標拼音: [gr'ɑvəl] vi. 趴,匍匐,卑躬屈膝 趴,匍匐,卑躬屈膝 grovel v 1: show submission or fear [ synonym: { fawn}, { crawl}, { creep}, { cringe}, { cower}, { grovel}] Grovel \ Grov" el\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Groveled} or { Grovelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Groveling} or { Grovelling}.] [ From OE. grovelinge, grufelinge, adv., on the face, prone, which was misunderstood as a p. pr.; cf. OE. gruf, groff, in the same sense; of Scand. origin, cf. Icel. gr[= u] fa, in [= a] gr[= u] fu on the face, prone, gr[= u] fa to grovel.] 1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move uneasily with the body prostrate on the earth; to lie flat on one' s belly, expressive of abjectness; to crawl. [ 1913 Webster] To creep and grovel on the ground. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To tend toward, or delight in, what is sensual or base; to be low, abject, or mean. [ 1913 Webster] 94 Moby Thesaurus words for " grovel": apple- polish, be promiscuous, bend, bend the knee, bend the neck, bend to, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bow down, bow to, chase women, commit adultery, couch, cower, crawl, creep, cringe, cringe to, crouch, crouch before, curtsy, debauch, dissipate, do homage, do obeisance, fawn, flatter, flounder, fornicate, genuflect, get down, go on tiptoe, gumshoe, hug the earth, hunch, hunch down, inch, inch along, kneel, kneel to, knuckle to, kowtow, lay, lick the dust, lickspittle, lie, lie down, lie flat, lie limply, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, loll, lounge, nightwalk, pad, philander, prowl, pussyfoot, rake, recline, repose, roll, scrabble, scramble, scrouch down, sidle, sleep around, slink, snake, sneak, sprawl, squat, steal, steal along, stoop, swing, tippytoe, tiptoe, toadeat, toady, truckle, truckle to, tumble, underlie, wallow, wanton, welter, whore, womanize, worm, worm along |
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