| 单词 | to swarm with |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto swarm with a. to swarm with: to be crowded or thronged with; to contain swarms or great numbers of; to abound greatly in. Now only in material sense. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > make abundant [verb (transitive)] > abound in or with > swarm with wallc1000 to swarm in1482 wamble1485 scrawl1530 to swarm with1548 exceed1624 pullulate1641 sny1674 teem1710 spawn1818 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry V f. xlvi The countree swarmed with men of warre. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. vii. 49 They that swarme with much greater vices. a1592 R. Greene Sc. Hist. Iames IV (1598) v. sig. I Oh what are subtile meanes to clime on high? When euery fall swarmes with exceeding shame? 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iv. 48 Her holsome hearbs Swarming with caterpillers. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 400 Each Creek & Bay With Frie innumerable swarme. View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xiii. 101 All kinds of Animals, with which the Creation swarms. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 484 A market-place swarming with buyers and sellers. 1893 W. Forbes-Mitchell Reminisc. Great Mutiny 269 The river swarmed with alligators. < as lemmas |
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