英语词汇“ream”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

reamream1 /rim/ noun

ETYMOLOGYream¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French raime, from Arabic rizmah things tied together

1reams [plural] informal a large amount of writing on paper: ream of reams of documents2[countable] technical a standard amount of paper, consisting of 500 pieces of paper

noun | verb

reamream2 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYream²

Origin: 1700-1800 Perhaps from Old English reman to open up, make wider

VERB TABLE

ream

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	ream
	he, she, it	reams
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	reamed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have reamed
	he, she, it	has reamed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had reamed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will ream
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have reamed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am reaming
	he, she, it	is reaming
	you, we, they	are reaming
Past	I, he, she, it	was reaming
	you, we, they	were reaming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been reaming
	he, she, it	has been reaming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been reaming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be reaming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been reaming

1informal to cheat someone or treat someone badly, especially so that he or she has to pay too much for something2informal (also ream somebody out) to criticize someone severely3technical to make a hole larger