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- the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat帽边, 帽檐:
a soft hat with a turned-up brim.
一顶翘边软帽。
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- the upper edge of a lip of a cup, bowl, or other container(杯子, 碗或其他器皿的)边:
he filled her glass to the brim.
他替她把杯子斟满。
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brimmed, brimming
no obj. [often as adj. brimming] be full to the point of overflowing充溢, 充满, 充盈:a brimming cup.
满满的一杯。
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- fill something so completely as almost to spill out it使满, 装满, 注满:
large tears brimmed in her eyes.
她眼里噙满了大颗的泪珠。
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- figurative be full of a particular quality, feeling, etc.〈喻〉充满:
he is brimming with ideas.
他满脑子的点子。
派生词
brimless
adjectivebrimmed
adjective宽边帽。
词源
Middle English (denoting the edge of the sea or other body of water): perhaps related to German Brame 'trimming'.