[VERB 动词]充满,充斥(人或动物) If you say that a place is teeming with people or animals, you mean that it is crowded and the people and animals are moving around a lot.
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For most of the year, the area is teeming with tourists.
一年中大部分时间里,这个地区游人如织。
Oxford
teem/tiːm; NAmEtiːm/verb[intransitive ](usuallybe teeming )(of rain 雨)to fall heavily 倾注;倾泻SYN
pour
◆The rain was teeming down.大雨倾盆而下。◆It was teeming withrain. 大雨如注。PHRASAL VERBˈteem with sth(usuallybe ˈteeming with sth )to be full of people, animals, etc. moving around 充满,遍布,到处都是(移动着的人、动物等)◆The streets were teeming with tourists.大街上游人如鲫。◆a river teeming with fish盛产鱼的河流teemteemsteemedteemingteem/tiːm; NAmEtiːm/
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teemteem /tiːm/ verb
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teem down phrasal verb British Englishto rain very heavilySYN pour: It’s been teeming down all day.teem with phrasal verb1to be very full of people or animals, all moving about: The island was teeming with tourists.2British English if it is teeming with rain, it is raining very heavilySYN pour
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