teem
gb/tˈim/ us/tˈim/
C1
Inglês
hemzseg, nyüzsög, szakad
VERBO
C1
1
Padrão de uso:
[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.
Exemplos para estudantes
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.
Erro comum:
Use "teem with," not "teem of."
Significado
be full of many things
Colocações
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
Sinônimos
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).)
Antônimos
lack (Means not to have enough of something.)
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be devoid of (Emphasizes total absence.)
Temas
nature
|society
|description
Definição
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.
VERBO
C1
INFORMAL
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szakad
A2
Padrão de uso:
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.
Exemplos para estudantes
It is teeming today.
Ma szakad az eső.
It was teeming when I went out.
Szakadt az eső, amikor kimentem.
Erro comum:
This meaning is mainly British; in other varieties, "pour (with rain)" is more common.
Significado
rain very heavily
Colocações
it was teeming
|it’s teeming outside
|teeming down
|teeming with rain
|teeming rain
Sinônimos
pour (More widely used across varieties of English.)
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bucket down (Very informal and vivid.)
Antônimos
clear up (The rain stops and the sky becomes clear.)
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let up (The rain becomes less heavy or stops.)
Temas
weather
|daily_life
Definição
If it’s teeming, it’s raining a lot.
To rain very heavily (common in British English, often with "down").
Gramática
Forma no dicionário
teem
AFI
GB/tˈim/
US/tˈim/
Sílabas e tonicidade
teem (1 sílaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (teem)
Formas da palavra
Verb
- Base: teem
- 3rd Person Singular: teems
- Present Participle: teeming
- Past: teemed
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