grovel

🇺🇸 /ˈɡrɑːvl/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɡrɒvl/
빈도
난이도
태그 RARE
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.

직장을 잃은 후, 그는 재고용될 기회를 얻기 위해 아첨해야 했다.

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.

아이는 바닥을 기어 다니며 잃어버린 장난감을 찾으려고 했다.

translation

vi. 굴뚝, 땅바닥에서 기어가다

어형 변화

3rd Present grovels
Past groveled
Perfect groveled
Progressive groveling