grovel
🇺🇸
/ˈɡrɑːvl/
🇬🇧
/ˈɡrɒvl/
intransitive verb
R
To act very submissively or humbly towards someone, often to gain favor or forgiveness.
After losing his job, he had to grovel for a chance to be rehired.
仕事を失った後、彼は再雇用される機会を得るためにへつらわなければならなかった。
R
To crawl or move along the ground on hands and knees, typically in search of something.
The child was groveling on the floor, trying to find his lost toy.
子供は床を這い回り、失くしたおもちゃを見つけようとしていた。
translation
土下座, 這いずる
語形変化
3rd Present
grovels
Past
groveled
Perfect
groveled
Progressive
groveling