teeming
/ˈtiːmɪŋ/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈimɪŋ] /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈimɪŋ] /ˈtēm How to pronounce teem (audio)/ (ame, mw)
teeming — 形容詞
- teemingpositive
- more teemingcomparative
- most teemingsuperlative
1. so crowded with people or creatures that the place feels busy and alive everywhe
擠滿的
地方到處都是人或活物
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.
在公車上，Aoi 看著棒球場外那條擠滿人潮的街道。
attributive use: a teeming street
By noon, the fishing pier looked teeming as families unpacked lunch boxes.
到了中午，許多家庭打開便當盒時，釣魚碼頭顯得十分熱鬧擁擠。
predicative use: looked teeming
Minh wandered into a teeming market where drummers led the parade.
Minh 走進一座熙攘的市場，鼓手在裡頭帶著遊行隊伍前進。
After dark, the riverbank seemed teeming as moths circled the bridge lights.
天黑後，飛蛾繞著橋燈盤旋，河岸看起來像是滿布小生物。
Christopher photographed a teeming tide pool beside the black volcanic rocks.
Christopher 拍下黑色火山岩旁那個滿布小生物的潮池。
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 — 動詞
- 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
充滿；遍布
某處到處有大量事物或生物
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.
那份趕工翻譯的初稿退回來時，裡面充滿了拼字錯誤。
pattern: be teeming with + plural noun
By spring, the ditch behind Sade's house was teeming with tadpoles.
到了春天，Sade 家後面的水溝裡遍布蝌蚪。
By Friday, the forum was teeming with complaints about missing refunds.
到了星期五，論壇上充滿了抱怨沒收到退款的貼文。
Faisal lifted the tarp and found the boards teeming with ants.
Faisal 掀起帆布，發現那些木板上遍布螞蟻。
The notebook margins were teeming with arrows, stars, and last-minute notes.
筆記本邊緣充滿箭頭、星號和最後一刻補上的筆記。
- 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.