英文词源
- teem
- teem: see team
- teem (v.1)
- "abound, swarm, be prolific," Old English teman (Mercian), tieman (West Saxon) "beget, give birth to, bring forth, produce, propagate," from Proto-Germanic *tau(h)mjan (denominative), from PIE *deuk- "to lead" (see duke (n.)). Related to team (n.) in its now-obsolete Old English sense of "family, brood of young animals." The meaning "abound, swarm" is first recorded 1590s, on the notion of "be full of as if ready to give birth." Related: Teemed; teeming.
- teem (v.2)
- "to flow copiously," early 14c., "to empty out" (transitive), from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse toema "to empty," from tomr "empty," cognate with Old English tom (adj.) "empty, free from." The original notion is of "to empty a vessel," thus "to pour out." Intransitive sense of "to pour, flow, stream" is from 1828. Related: Teemed; teeming.
中文词源
来自古英语 teman,生育，繁殖，来自 Proto-Germanic*taumjan,拉，引导，来自 PIE*deuk,拉， 引导，词源同 team,duct.引申词义充满，大量。
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来自中古英语 temen,空出，倾空，来自古诺斯语 toema,倾空，来自 Proto-Germanic*tomijana, 倾空，特指倾空容器。后引申词义倾泻，流注。
