teem

英 [tiːm] 美 [tiːm]

• v. 充满；富于；把……倒空；倾泻

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vi. 充满，到处都是，有很多

   have in great numbers

2. vi. （指水、雨等）暴降，倾注

   (of water,rain,etc.) fall heavily;pour

英英释义

Verb:

1. be teeming, be abuzz;

   "The garden was swarming with bees"
   "The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"
   "her mind pullulated with worries"
   

2. move in large numbers;

   "people were pouring out of the theater"
   "beggars pullulated in the plaza"
   

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. His mind is teeming with ideas.
   他脑子里充满了各种想法。
2. Hippopotamuses teem in this river.
   这条河里有很多河马。
3. It is teeming down outside.
   外面正在下大雨。

经典引文

• Overcrowded slums teeming with rickety children.

  出自： M. McCarthy

• Beneficent nature teems all around us.

  出自： A. Burgess

• The country is full of legends. Teeming with them.

  出自： J. Frame

• The rain..seemed to teem down incessantly.

  出自： Jo Grimond

词汇搭配

• teem with 富于
• teem down 下得很大
• teem in 充满

近反义词

【近义词】

• swarm 群
• abound 富于
• pour 不断流动
• stream (小)河
• crowd 人群
• pelt 皮毛
• rain cats and dogs 下倾盆大雨
• rain 雨
• bucket 【C】水桶
• flow 流动
• pullulate 繁殖