词组 | brim with |
释义 | brim with 1. brim with sth usually progressive literary if someone is brimming with confidence, happiness, excitement etc, they feel very confident, happy, excited etc: ▪ Suddenly her eyes lit up, and she was brimming with joy at the thought of seeing Guido again. ▪ young men from Harvard who arrived in Washington brimming with energy and enthusiasm ■ SIMILAR TO: be full of 2. brim with sth usually progressive literary to be very full of something or contain a very large amount of it: ▪ On the table was an enormous silver bowl brimming with strawberries. ▪ Their garden was brimming with every imaginable variety of tropical flowers. ■ SIMILAR TO: be full of 3. be brimming with tears literary if someone's eyes are brimming with tears, they start to cry, even though they are trying not to show it: ▪ His eyes were brimming with tears as he reached out to embrace her for the last time. ■ SIMILAR TO: be full of tears |
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