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单词 brimming
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brimmingn.1

/ˈbrɪmɪŋ/
Forms: Also 1500s breming.
Etymology: < brim v.1
The action of brim v.1: said of swine.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > order Artiodactyla (cloven-hoofed animals) > pig > [noun] > copulation
brimming1530
brim1587
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 824/2 A brimmyng as a bore or sowe doth, en rouyt.
1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry iii. f. 149v Shee is with pigge at the fyrst breming.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique i. xxiv. 148 They begin to growe hot and go a brimming.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 230 They stand lightly to the first brimming.
1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 46 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania The wild Boars are most furious creatures, especially in Brimmin time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

brimmingn.2

/ˈbrɪmɪŋ/
Etymology: < brim v.3 + -ing suffix1.
Being full to the brim, overflowing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > excess, redundancy, or superfluity > one who or that which overflows
redundationa1659
brimming1837
overflower1899
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [noun] > fullness > to or over the brim
brimfulnessa1616
brimming1851
overbrimming1858
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. III. 73 The gushing talk of Judge Story, the brimmings of a full head and heart.
1851 G. Meredith Love in Valley Something friends have told her fills her heart to brimming.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

brimmingadj.

Etymology: < brim v.3 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbrimming.
1. That rises to the brim of its vessel, basin, or bed; that fills to overflowing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > filling > to the brim
top-full1601
brimming1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 336 They..in the rinde Still as they thirsted scoop the brimming stream. View more context for this quotation
1855 Ld. Tennyson Brook in Maud & Other Poems 111 And out again I curve and flow To join the brimming river.
1867 R. W. Emerson May-day & Other Pieces 20 The brimming brook invites a leap.
figurative.1864 Spectator 424 All true poetry really requires a brimming vitality of feeling and impression.
2. Of a vessel: Brim-full, full to overflowing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adjective] > full > full to the brim
brerd-fullc1000
bret-fullc1200
staff-fulla1400
chock-fullc1440
brimful1530
brink-full1553
top-full1553
brim-charged1582
bankfullc1600
crowned1603
full-brimmed1614
brimmed1624
teemful1673
brimming1697
stock-full1782
throat-fulla1800
jam-full1835
cram-full1837
stodge-full1847
chockc1850
top-filled1860
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 12 To store the Dairy, with a brimming Pail.
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 317 Wine rosy-bright the brimming goblets crown'd.
1845 B. Disraeli Sybil I. ii. iv. 128 To fill the brimming cup.
3. adv.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > place > presence > fact of taking up space > [adverb] > to the brim
top-up1581
brimmingly1826
brimming1848
brimfully1854
abrim1858
1848 W. E. Aytoun Danube & Euxine 10 I am brimming full and red.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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