| 单词 | grovel |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['grɔvl] |
| 解释 | v.摇尾乞怜，奴颜婢膝 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 摇尾乞怜，奴颜婢膝( to behave humbly or abjectly; stoop) 【考】 pluck : quit / pride : grovel(放弃不会有勇气/奴 颜婢膝不会有傲气) 【例】 He said he would never grovel before a conqueror. |
| 字源 | grovel (v.) 1590s, Shakespearian back-formation of groveling (Middle English), regarded as a present participle but really an adverb, from Old Norse grufe "prone" + obsolete adverbial suffix -ling (which survives also as the -long in headlong, sidelong); first element from Old Norse a grufu "on proneness." Perhaps related to creep. Related: Groveled; grovelled; groveling; grovelling. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 摇尾乞怜; 卑躬屈膝; 自甘下贱; 阿谀奉承 = stoop = cringe 【记】建立场景: 两个角斗士(gladiator: 见到别人生病ia就高兴glad的人tor)在grove(grow five)小树林里决斗, 其中一方输了, 要卑躬屈膝, 单膝跪倒, 还要一手把剑l插在地上. Grove＋l = grovel－卑躬屈膝 【区】gravel(n 砂砾); groove(n 唱片等的凹槽) 【类】pluck: quit = pride: grovel放弃不会有勇气 = 奴颜婢膝不会有傲气imperious: grovel 傲慢的不会卑躬屈膝 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：哥饶我，趴在地上叩头，大哥，饶了我吧，我服了你了 |
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