teem v. [TEEM]

充满，富于，

Definition

1: to become filled to overflowing: abound
1：被充满直至溢出：富于...

2: to be present in large quantity
2：以大量的方式出现，存在

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The verb teem and the noun team are not just homophones, they are also etymological kin. Teem is derived from Old English tīman or tæman, which originally meant "to bring forth offspring" or "to become pregnant." That word is related to the ancestor of team, the Old English noun tēam, meaning "offspring, lineage, or group of draft animals." Team can still be used to refer to a brood of young animals, especially pigs or ducks, but both teem and team have otherwise largely left their offspring-related senses behind.

词源/词根演化：tīman/tæman (产仔/怀孕) -->tēam （子孙/役畜群）--> teem/team

动词teem与名词team不仅仅是同音异义词，还有词源上的渊源。Teem继承自古英语tīman 或tæman，意思是”生产后代“或者”怀孕“。这个词与team的先祖有联系，古英语名词tēam，意思是”后代，族系，役畜群“。team现在依然可以用于指代一窝幼畜，尤其是用于指代猪或鸭，但是teem和team用于表示”子孙后代“的意思现在已经非常罕见了。

注：homephone：同音异形异义词；etymological kin：词源渊源；draft animal：役畜（用于拉重货的牲畜）

Examples

"On Friday, Tselikis stood in front of the Red's Best stall at Boston's Public Market, offering up tidbits about lobsters as they teemed inside a tank."
--- Gintautas Dumcius, MassLive.com, 10 June 2016

在星期五，Tselikis伫立在波士顿公共市场的the Red's Best摊位前，向过往行人提供关于水族箱中的龙虾群的趣闻/小美食。

注：stall：栅栏，货摊，座位；tidbits：也作titbit，趣闻，味美的少量食品；
"But beneath the surface, some of the rigs are teeming with biological life. Dozens of fish species, thousands of different kinds of invertebrates, and sea lions all call the rigs home."
--- Erik Olsen, Quartz, 17 Nov. 2018

不过在水面之下，大量的生命围绕着钻井平台，包括数十种鱼类，上千种无脊椎动物，以及海狮等，都把钻井平台当作家。

注：rig：钻井架，钻塔，装备；biological life：生命；species：种类；invertebrate：无脊椎动物

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teem v. [TEEM]

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