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词汇 teem
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teem

verb
/tiːm/
/tiːm/
[intransitive]
(usually be teeming)
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they teem
/tiːm/
/tiːm/
he / she / it teems
/tiːmz/
/tiːmz/
past simple teemed
/tiːmd/
/tiːmd/
past participle teemed
/tiːmd/
/tiːmd/
-ing form teeming
/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
/ˈtiːmɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
  1. (of rain) to fall heavily倾注;倾泻 synonym pour
    • The rain was teeming down.大雨倾盆而下。
    • It was teeming with rain.大雨如注。
    词源verb Middle English: from Old Norse tœma ‘to empty’, from tómr ‘empty’. The original sense was ‘to empty’, specifically ‘to drain liquid from, pour liquid out’; the current sense (originally dialect) dates from the early 19th cent. teem with something. Old English tēman, tīeman, of Germanic origin; related to team. The original senses included ‘give birth to’, also ‘be or become pregnant’, giving rise to ‘be full of’ in the late 16th cent.
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