grovels

英 [ˈɡrɒvlz] 美 [ˈɡrɑːvlz]

v.  卑躬屈膝; 俯首帖耳; 奴颜婢膝; 爬行，匍匐(尤指找东西)
grovel的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

    in AM, use 美国英语用 groveling, groveled

  1. 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.
    1. I don't grovel to anybody...
      我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。
    2. 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。
    3. ...a letter of grovelling apology.
      一封低声下气的致歉信
  2. 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.
    1. We grovelled around the club on our knees.
      我们趴在俱乐部的地上四处找。
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