grovel

grovel /'grɔvl/
  • nội động từ
    • nằm phục xuống đất; bò; đầm
      • to grovel in the mud: đầm trong bùn
    • (nghĩa bóng) quỳ gối, uốn gối, khom lưng uốn gối
      • to grovel to (before) somebody: khom lưng uốn gối trước mặt ai

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Xem thêm: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower



grovel

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Microsoft Computer Dictionary

vb. 1.To search or do other work at great length without apparent progress. Some programs grovel over a whole input file before they begin to produce output. A programmer may have to grovel through manuals in search of documentation on a particular command, or through code in search of a bug. 2. To post a plea for some favor to a newsgroup.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

grovels|groveled|grovelled|groveling|grovelling
syn.: cower crawl creep