no obj.(teem with)
- be full of or swarming with充满, 充足; 多产:
every garden is teeming with wildlife
每座花园都满是野生生物
as adj. teeming she walked briskly through the teeming streets.她轻快地穿行在人头攒动的街道上。
词源
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.
no obj.
- (of water, especially rain) pour down; fall heavily(水, 尤指雨水)倾泻, 倾注:
with the rain teeming down at the manor, Italy seemed a long way off.
庄园内大雨如注, 意大利显得很遥远。
词源
Middle English: from Old Norse tæma '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.