teem

Các nghĩa

1. đầy ắp, tràn trề

   To be stocked to overflowing.

   But well he knew his teeming pangs were vain, Till Midwife Dryden eas’d his labouring Brain;

   his mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy

2. nhan nhản, đầy dẫy

   To be prolific; to abound; to be rife.

   Fish teem in this pond.

3. đổ xuống xối xả

   To fall prolifically.

   "Troth, it's teemin' powerful this instiant up there in the mountains. 'Twill be much if you land home afore it's atop of you; […]"

   ... rain teemed from the overcast skies, cold and penetrating, and life began to look like one enormous funeral procession.

   [As] rain teemed down, the passenger peered out from the tinted window.

Dạng khác

• teems present, singular, third-person
• teeming participle, present
• teemed participle, past

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