| 单词 | brim |
| 释义 | brim (once / 741 pages) 1nv 2n The brim is the top of a container, like the edge of a cup. Also, if a cup is brimming, it’s full. This word has a couple meanings related to fullness. If a cup is full, it’s filled to the brim. The brim is the top. Containers such as buckets and pitchers have brims too. Also, the bucket is brimming if it's totally full. A brimming container is likely to spill. People can brim too: you can be brimming with enthusiasm or happiness. Like a cup about to spill, you can’t quite contain yourself when you’re brimming with joy. WORD FAMILYbrim: brimful, brimless, brimmed, brimming, brims+/brimming: brimmingly USAGE EXAMPLESThe world is brimming with change, both cultural and political. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) The St. Petersburg Times declared it “a respectable though uneven solo effort brimming with blue-eyed soul appeal and a surprisingly mature outlook.” Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) Writing in The Times, Ben Brantley said it is “pretty much guaranteed to keep your eyes brimming.” New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1 1n the top edge of a vessel or other container Syn|Hypo|Hyper lip, rim collar, shoe collar the stitching that forms the rim of a shoe or boot edge a sharp side formed by the intersection of two surfaces of an object 2v be completely full His eyes brimmed with tears Hyper feature, have have as a feature 3v fill as much as possible 2brim a cup to good fellowship Hyper fill, fill up, make full make full, also in a metaphorical sense n a circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat Hypo|Hyper bill, eyeshade, peak, visor, vizor a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes snap brima brim that can be turned up and down on opposite sides projection any structure that branches out from a central support |
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