teem /ˈtim/
(vi.)充滿,富于,湧現,傾注(vt.)倒出
Teem v. t.
1. To pour; -- commonly followed by out; as, to teem out ale. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
2. Steel Manuf. To pour, as steel, from a melting pot; to fill, as a mold, with molten metal.
Teem, v. t. To think fit. [Obs. or R.]
Teem, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.]
1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply.
If she must teem,
Create her child of spleen. --Shak.
2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound.
His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott.
The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison.
Teem, v. t. To produce; to bring forth. [R.]
That [grief] of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker;
Each minute teems a new one. --Shak.
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teem
v 1: be teeming, be abuzz; "The garden was swarming with bees";
"The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen"; "her
mind pullulated with worries" [syn: pullulate, swarm]
2: move in large numbers; "people were pouring out of the
theater"; "beggars pullulated in the plaza" [syn: pour,
swarm, stream, pullulate]