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词汇 brim-over
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brim over


phrasal verb with brimverb[ I ]uk /brɪm/ us /brɪm/-mm-
If a liquid or its container brims over, there is so much liquid that it starts to flow over the edge:
She filled the glass until it was brimming over.
She could feel tears starting to brim over.
If you are brimming over with feelings or ideas, you have a lot of them that you want to express:
His recent triumphs have left the tennis ace brimming over with confidence and energy.
In those days the band was brimming over with creative ideas.
Finally his frustration brimmed over and he threw the pen down.
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I could feel my eyes brimming over with tears.
The fountain had brimmed over and all the paving stones were wet.
My heart brimmed over with love and admiration for her.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim with something
counter-stream
drip
funnel
leakage
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
run a bathphrase
spate
stem
swash
swill
swirl
swirling

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Plenty and abundant

brim over something


phrasal verb with brimverb[ I ]uk /brɪm/ us /brɪm/-mm-
to flow over the edges of a container:
After all the rain, the lake was brimming over its banks.
Tears welled up until I felt them brimming over my eyelids.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim with something
counter-stream
drip
funnel
leakage
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
run a bathphrase
spate
stem
swash
swill
swirl
swirling
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