单词 | groveler |
释义 | groveler (once / 844237 pages) n WORD FAMILY groveler: grovelers+/grovel: groveled, groveler, groveling, grovelled, grovelling, grovels USAGE EXAMPLESShe approached the god, followed by Octavian, who was bowing and scraping like a champion groveler. Rick Riordan, The Son of Neptune(2011) The prostrate groveler struggled halfway up, exhibiting the bloated and filthy countenance of a drunkard. McGuffey, William Holmes, McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader(2010) Why, you come more like a groveler than a governor!"—"Peace, Tappan, Eva March, The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories F...(2010) n someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect Syn|Hyper apple polisher, bootlicker, fawner, groveller, truckler ass-kisser, crawler, lackey, sycophant, toady a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage |
随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。