teem

• vi. 大量出现；充满
• vt. 倒出
• n. (Teem)人名；(英)蒂姆

来自古英语 teman,生育，繁殖，来自 Proto-Germanic*taumjan,拉，引导，来自 PIE*deuk,拉， 引导，词源同 team,duct.引申词义充满，大量。

来自中古英语 temen,空出，倾空，来自古诺斯语 toema,倾空，来自 Proto-Germanic*tomijana, 倾空，特指倾空容器。后引申词义倾泻，流注。

teem

teem: see team

teem (v.1)

"abound, swarm, be prolific," Old English teman (Mercian), tieman (West Saxon) "beget, give birth to, bring forth, produce, propagate," from Proto-Germanic *tau(h)mjan (denominative), from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to team (n.) in its now-obsolete Old English sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "abound, swarm" is first recorded 1590s, on the notion of "be full of as if ready to give birth." Related: Teemed; teeming.

teem (v.2)

"to flow copiously," early 14c., "to empty out" (transitive), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse toema "to empty," from tomr "empty," cognate with Old English tom (adj.) "empty, free from." The original notion is of "to empty a vessel," thus "to pour out." Intransitive sense of "to pour, flow, stream" is from 1828. Related: Teemed; teeming.

1. Hippopotamuses teem in this river.

这条河里有很多河马.

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2. Fish teem in the river.

这条河中鱼很多.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

3. Fish teem in this stream.

这条小河里鱼很多.

来自辞典例句

4. Fish teem in the Chinese waters.

中国近海鱼产丰富.

来自辞典例句

5. The rivers here teem with fish.

这里的河流中有大量的鱼.

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