teem

英[tiːm] 美[tim]

反义词

第三人称单数: teems;过去式: teemed;过去分词: teemed;现在分词: teeming;

1. team => teem.
2. toom => teem.
3. meet <===> teem: 老乡见老乡，两眼泪汪汪。

teem 充满，大量

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。

teem 倾泻，流注

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.