teeming

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teem·ing /ˈtiːmɪŋ/ adjectiveadj

1 CROWDfull of people, animals etc that are all moving around 充满〔移动着的人、动物等〕的；拥挤的；万头攒动的

the teeming streets of the city

熙熙攘攘的城市街道

2 British EnglishBrE teeming rain is very heavy rain 〔雨〕倾盆而下的

She walked home through the teeming rain.

她冒着倾盆大雨步行回家。

Examples from the Corpus

teeming• We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters.• They must have contracted them from bacteria transported from the teeming insanitary slums on the other side of town.• the teeming streets of Cairo• It was the start of the new semester, and the campus was teeming with students.

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