teeming
あふれている
解説 Definition
teeming は teem（あふれるほどいる、満ちている）の現在分詞です。場所が人や生き物、物でいっぱいになっている様子を表すときによく teeming with の形で使われます。
Teeming describes a place or thing that is filled with large numbers of people, animals, or other living things, often suggesting abundant activity and movement. It commonly occurs in the pattern teeming with.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
teeming は原形 teem に -ing を加えた現在分詞で、発音は /ˈtiːmɪŋ/。場所を主語にして be teeming with＋人・生き物 の形で使い、「中からこぼれそうなほど満ちている」と覚える。a market teeming with shoppers、a pond teeming with fish が典型で、単なる full より活気や大量さを感じさせる。
Begin with the verb teem, meaning to be abundantly full, and add -ing directly to form teeming, pronounced /ˈtiːmɪŋ/. The strongest memory pattern is “be teeming with”: a market teeming with shoppers, a station teeming with travelers, or a pond teeming with fish. Imagine the occupants so numerous and active that they seem ready to spill out. Teeming is more vivid than simply full because it often suggests life, motion, and abundance. Do not confuse it with teaming, which refers to joining or working as a team.
例文
The market was teeming with shoppers.
市場は買い物客であふれていました。
The pond is teeming with small fish.
その池は小魚でいっぱいです。
By noon, the station was teeming with travelers.
正午までには、駅は旅行者であふれていました。
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teeming の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古ノルド語「tæma（空にする）」語源の動詞teemに接尾辞-ingが結合した形です。元々「中身を注ぎ出す」意味でしたが、後に「溢れ出るほど豊かに満ちている」状態へ意味が転じました。同系語に古英語「tæman」があります。
Teeming is the present participle of teem. The verb has more than one historical strand in English. The abundant sense is associated with an older verb meaning to produce offspring or be fruitful, while another teem, influenced by Old Norse tœma, meant to empty or pour out. Their histories and senses have overlapped. In modern usage, teeming with firmly expresses being abundantly filled, especially with active people or living creatures.
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