teem
gb/tˈim/ us/tˈim/
C1
Anglais
hemzseg, nyüzsög, szakad
VERBE
C1
1
Schéma d’usage :
[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.
Exemples pédagogiques
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.
Erreur fréquente :
Use "teem with," not "teem of."
Sens
be full of many things
Collocations
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
Synonymes
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).)
Antonymes
lack (Means not to have enough of something.)
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be devoid of (Emphasizes total absence.)
Thèmes
nature
|society
|description
Définition
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.
VERBE
C1
INFORMAL
2
szakad
A2
Schéma d’usage :
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.
Exemples pédagogiques
It is teeming today.
Ma szakad az eső.
It was teeming when I went out.
Szakadt az eső, amikor kimentem.
Erreur fréquente :
This meaning is mainly British; in other varieties, "pour (with rain)" is more common.
Sens
rain very heavily
Collocations
it was teeming
|it’s teeming outside
|teeming down
|teeming with rain
|teeming rain
Synonymes
pour (More widely used across varieties of English.)
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bucket down (Very informal and vivid.)
Antonymes
clear up (The rain stops and the sky becomes clear.)
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let up (The rain becomes less heavy or stops.)
Thèmes
weather
|daily_life
Définition
If it’s teeming, it’s raining a lot.
To rain very heavily (common in British English, often with "down").
Grammaire
Forme canonique
teem
API
GB/tˈim/
US/tˈim/
Syllabes et accentuation
teem (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (teem)
Formes du mot
Verb
- Base: teem
- 3rd Person Singular: teems
- Present Participle: teeming
- Past: teemed
Expressions
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