teem

Word family adjectiveteemfulteemingteemlessverbteemnounteemer

teem /tiːm/ verb → team

1 teem down phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to rain very heavily 下大雨 SYN pour

It’s been teeming down all day.

一整天都在下大雨。

2 teem with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v

a) BUSY PLACEto be very full of people or animals, all moving about 充满〔移动着的人或动物〕

The island was teeming with tourists.

岛上游人如织。

b) British EnglishBrE if it is teeming with rain, it is raining very heavily 下倾盆大雨 SYN pour

Examples from the Corpus

teem• Central Park teems with bandits, as you may have heard, but they each work with just one arm.• The religious press in the first decade of pentecostal history teems with blistering attacks on the new movement.• With luck, in a year the place should begin to teem with federal workers.• The daily papers teemed with the dreary records of secession...• Its fields are fertile, its vineyards productive and its forests teem with wild life.

Origin teem

Old English timan, tæman

词汇	teem
释义	teem Word family adjectiveteemfulteemingteemlessverbteemnounteemer teem /tiːm/ verb → team 1 teem down phrasal verbphr v British EnglishBrE to rain very heavily 下大雨 SYN pour It’s been teeming down all day. 一整天都在下大雨。 2 teem with somebody/something phrasal verbphr v a) BUSY PLACEto be very full of people or animals, all moving about 充满〔移动着的人或动物〕 The island was teeming with tourists. 岛上游人如织。 b) British EnglishBrE if it is teeming with rain, it is raining very heavily 下倾盆大雨 SYN pour Examples from the Corpus teem• Central Park teems with bandits, as you may have heard, but they each work with just one arm.• The religious press in the first decade of pentecostal history teems with blistering attacks on the new movement.• With luck, in a year the place should begin to teem with federal workers.• The daily papers teemed with the dreary records of secession...• Its fields are fertile, its vineyards productive and its forests teem with wild life. Origin teem Old English timan, tæman
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