teem

teem1
verb
  1. [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。
语源
  1. 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
verb
  1. [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。
语源
  1. 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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