brim

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brim1 /brɪm/ noun [countableC]

1 DCthe bottom part of a hat that sticks out to protect you from sun and rain 帽檐，帽边

an old straw hat with a broad brim

一顶旧的宽边草帽

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2 FULLthe top edge of a container 〔容器的〕口，边沿

She filled each glass to the brim.

她把每个杯子都斟得满满的。

filled/full to the brim (=completely full) 倒满的

The cup was filled to the brim with coffee.

杯子里倒了满满的一杯咖啡。

Examples from the Corpus

brim• Sandison bought a very fine pale grey hat with a wide, flat brim and a white hatband.• The nails come out and the brim is trimmed.• Precise instructions as to the building of a hedge at the brim of the water were given.• He tried to straighten out the brim but it had been curled and folded so often it was beyond repair.• Quite quickly the whole corridor filled to the brim with the substance of the hydra.• Siobham half fills each glass in turn except one which she fills to the brim.• Once the axe was full to the brim of bad back spirits it would be banged on the earth to release them.• Cory Selliker, his eyes watering under the brim of his black Earnhardt cap, heard Marchman's advice to let go.

filled/full to the brim• Children are wise and strong and filled to the brim with compassion.• Quite quickly the whole corridor filled to the brim with the substance of the hydra.• His eye-sockets were cups, full to the brim.• Jacob filled to the brim with sorrow for the woman whom, despite everything, he had loved.• Lying in clouds of scent in the sunken tub filled to the brim, that streak of equanimity she had asserted itself.• Once the axe was full to the brim of bad back spirits it would be banged on the earth to release them.• She was here in the flesh to oblige Miss Beard, but her mind was filled to the brim with Joss Barnet.• On the other side of the road at the front of the house a builders' skip was full to the brim.

brim2 verb (brimmed, brimming) [intransitiveI]

1 FULLif your eyes brim with tears, or if tears brim from your eyes, you start to cry 〔眼里〕含满〔泪水〕；〔泪水〕充盈

brim with

Her eyes brimmed with tears.

她双眼噙满泪水。

Her tears brimmed over again as she started to speak.

她一张口说话，泪水再次夺眶而出。

2 be brimming (over) with something to have a lot of a particular thing, quality, or emotion 充满〔某种事物、品质或情感〕

The flowerbeds were brimming over with flowers.

花坛里开满了鲜花。

He seemed to be brimming with confidence.

他好像充满信心。

Rob was just brimming with enthusiasm.

罗布满腔热情。

Examples from the Corpus

brimming with confidence• I feel he needs to be in a winning side, one brimming with confidence before he sparkles.• I wasn't absolutely brimming with confidence but there was nothing wrong with Seve's tee-shot this time.

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brim• He came back with it brimming, and dropped some purification tablets into it.• His eyes brimmed and his lids went red.• Her family brimmed over with every species of moral fervor.• As she walked down the aisle her heart brimmed over with love and adoration for Charles.• She had expected the royal apartments to be brimming with activity.• Her letter was brimming with happiness.• A holding camp designed for 480 boat people has been brimming with more than 1,000.• After all, the newspapers are brimming with reports of horrendous attacks on women, so the risk must be considerable.• As far as an observer can tell, Mueller and Simmons are brimming with that will.

brim with• Andy's eyes brimmed with tears.

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