teem
gb/tˈim/ us/tˈim/
C1
Englisch
hemzseg, nyüzsög, szakad
VERB
C1
1
Verwendungsmuster:
[place] teems with [people/animals/things]
In summer, the lake teems with fish.
Nyáron a tó hemzseg a halaktól.
The market teemed with shoppers on Saturday morning.
Szombat reggel a piac nyüzsgött a vásárlóktól.
Her novels teem with vivid minor characters.
Beispiele für Lernende
The park teems with birds in spring.
Tavasszal a park hemzseg a madaraktól.
The city teems with people at night.
Éjszaka a város nyüzsög az emberektől.
Häufiger Fehler:
Use "teem with," not "teem of."
Bedeutung
be full of many things
Wortverbindungen
teem with life
|teem with people
|teem with tourists
|teem with fish
|teem with wildlife
|teem with activity
|teem with possibilities
|teem with ideas
|teem with rumors
|teem with bacteria
Synonyme
abound (Slightly more formal; focuses on large quantity.)
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swarm (Suggests moving crowds or masses, often of insects or people.)
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be rife with (Often used for something negative (e.g., crime, errors).)
Antonyme
lack (Means not to have enough of something.)
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be devoid of (Emphasizes total absence.)
Themen
nature
|society
|description
Definition
If a place teems with something, it has a lot of it.
To be full of or contain a very large number of people, animals, or things.
VERB
C1
INFORMAL
2
szakad
A2
Verwendungsmuster:
It is/was teeming (down) (with rain).
We stayed inside because it was teeming outside.
Bent maradtunk, mert kint szakadt az eső.
It started teeming down just as we left the station.
Épp akkor kezdett szakadni az eső, amikor kijöttünk az állomásról.
By the time we arrived, the rain had been teeming for hours.
Beispiele für Lernende
It is teeming today.
Ma szakad az eső.
It was teeming when I went out.
Szakadt az eső, amikor kimentem.
Häufiger Fehler:
This meaning is mainly British; in other varieties, "pour (with rain)" is more common.
Bedeutung
rain very heavily
Wortverbindungen
it was teeming
|it’s teeming outside
|teeming down
|teeming with rain
|teeming rain
Synonyme
pour (More widely used across varieties of English.)
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bucket down (Very informal and vivid.)
Antonyme
clear up (The rain stops and the sky becomes clear.)
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let up (The rain becomes less heavy or stops.)
Themen
weather
|daily_life
Definition
If it’s teeming, it’s raining a lot.
To rain very heavily (common in British English, often with "down").
Grammatik
Grundform
teem
IPA
GB/tˈim/
US/tˈim/
Silben & Betonung
teem (1 Silbe)
Stress on 1st syllable (teem)
Wortformen
Verb
- Base: teem
- 3rd Person Singular: teems
- Present Participle: teeming
- Past: teemed
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