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单词 teem
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teem1

/tiːm/
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.

teem2

/tiːm/
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.
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