groveling

柯林斯词典

AM groveling, groveled

1. V-I 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. 卑躬屈膝[表不满]
I don't grovel to anybody. 我对谁都不会卑躬屈膝。
Speakers have been shouted down, classes disrupted, teachers made to grovel. 发言者完全被叫嚷声压住了，教室一片混乱，老师们不得不低声下气。
2. V-I If you grovel, you crawl on the ground, for example in order to find something. 爬行 (找东西等)
We grovelled around the room on our knees. 我们在房间到处爬着寻找。