Word · Frequency #23869
Fully loadedteeming
充满的;拥挤的;群集的
核心释义
filled with or swarming with living things
- 1.
充满(尤指生物)的;挤满的。
Abundantly filled with especially living things.
- 2.
大量降雨的;倾盆的。
Referring to large quantities of rain.
充满(尤指生物)的;挤满的。;大量降雨的;倾盆的。;充满的;群集的;多产的;[机] 浇铸
用法In use
The pond was teeming with tadpoles in spring.
用法提示:teeming with 表示充满、群集,此处为形容词作表语。
By noon, the market was teeming with shoppers.
用法提示:teeming with 表示拥挤、充满,形容人多。
The old log was teeming with insects.
用法提示:teeming 作表语,表达大量聚集、充满。
be teeming with sth
主语通常是地点或容器,表示某处大量存在某类生物。
The river is teeming with fish.
这条河里满是鱼。
teeming + noun
作定语时修饰名词,强调场所拥挤、充满活动。
We avoided the teeming marketplace.
我们避开了人声鼎沸的市场。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- teeming with
- 充满,挤满
- The streets were teeming with tourists in summer.夏天街上挤满了游客。
- teeming metropolis
- 繁华的大都市
- Mumbai is a teeming metropolis of millions.孟买是一个有着数百万人口的繁华大都市。
- teeming masses
- 熙熙攘攘的人群
- The teeming masses poured into the stadium.熙熙攘攘的人群涌入体育场。
- teeming streets
- 拥挤的街道
- We walked through the teeming streets of the old city.我们穿过旧城拥挤的街道。
- teeming life
- 勃勃生机
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想:teem像team(队伍)+ing,一支队伍挤满场地,就是“充满、群集”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:neutral 常见场景:urban descriptive writing、nature and wildlife description、everyday speech about crowds teeming 作形容词时通常表示“充满的、挤满的”,多用于书面或描述性语境,常见搭配是 be teeming with,例如 teeming streets 或 teeming with life;日常口语中也会出现,但不像书面语那么常见。实际选择中,中性偏正式可能更稳妥。
语法说明Grammar Note
作表语时常与 with 搭配,主语常为地点或场景;也可作定语。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Teeming /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ rhymes with seeming, dreaming, streaming, beaming, gleaming, and teaming (a homophone with a different spelling). Beware lookalikes that sound different: taming /ˈteɪmɪŋ/ and timing /ˈtaɪmɪŋ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.