teeming
/ˈtiːmɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈimɪŋ] /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈimɪŋ] /ˈtēm How to pronounce teem (audio)/ (ame, mw)
teeming — adjective
- teemingpositive
- more teemingcomparative
- most teemingsuperlative
1. so crowded with people or creatures that the place feels busy and alive everywhe
so crowded with people or creatures that the place feels busy and alive everywhere
From the bus, Aoi watched a teeming street outside the baseball stadium.
attributive use: a teeming street
By noon, the fishing pier looked teeming as families unpacked lunch boxes.
predicative use: looked teeming
Minh wandered into a teeming market where drummers led the parade.
After dark, the riverbank seemed teeming as moths circled the bridge lights.
Christopher photographed a teeming tide pool beside the black volcanic rocks.
文法句型
a teeming market
the shoreline looked teeming
用法筆記
Often describes the overall look of a place, either before a noun or after linking verbs such as 'look' and 'seem'. Unlike verb sense 1, it does not need 'with' to name what fills the place.
常見錯誤
teeming — verb
- teemingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- teemings3rd person singular
- teeminging-ing form
- teemingedpast simple
1. to fill a place in very large numbers, so that you can see the people, creatures
to fill a place in very large numbers, so that you can see the people, creatures, or things everywhere
The draft came back teeming with spelling errors from the rushed translation.
pattern: be teeming with + plural noun
By spring, the ditch behind Sade's house was teeming with tadpoles.
By Friday, the forum was teeming with complaints about missing refunds.
Faisal lifted the tarp and found the boards teeming with ants.
The notebook margins were teeming with arrows, stars, and last-minute notes.
- abound
More formal and less visual; it stresses large quantity rather than the scene
- swarm
Stronger and more vivid, especially with insects or moving crowds
- be full of
More neutral and common, without the same sense of movement everywhere
- lack
Means not to have enough of something
- be free of
Describes a place or object with none of the thing present
文法句型
be teeming with + noun
come back teeming with + problems
用法筆記
Usually appears in continuous forms and is normally followed by 'with' plus the thing that is present in great numbers. Distinguish it from adjective sense 1, which can simply describe a place as busy or alive.