teem

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vi. 充满, 充足, 倾注 vt. 倒出

发音

UK /tiːm/

词形变化

teems 复数 teems 三单 teeming 现在分词 teemed 过去式 teemed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A downpour (of rain).

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To be stocked to overflowing.

    富于

  2. 2.

    To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

    Fish teem in this pond.

  3. 3.

    To fall prolifically.

  4. 4.

    To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.

    废旧
  5. 1.

    To empty.

    古体
  6. 2.

    To pour (especially with rain)

  7. 3.

    To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mould, with molten metal.

  8. 4.

    To drain the water from (boiled potatoes etc.).

    爱尔兰 苏格兰 烹饪
  9. 1.

    To think fit.

    废旧 罕用

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

pour stream swarm pullulate

上位词 5

crowd buzz hum seethe crowd together

下位词 4

crawl spill over pour out spill out

相关短语

teem with 充满 teem down

词源

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Anglian Old English tēman (“to give birth”) (West Saxon Old English tīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *taumijan (“to bridle”), from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną, from *taumaz ("bridle", continued in Modern English as team).

来源：wiktionary