brimming adj.
满溢的
brimming[ adj ]
filled to capacity
<adj.all>
a brimful cupI am brimful of chowder
a child brimming over with curiosity
eyes brimming with tears
Brimming \Brim"ming\, a.
Full to the brim; overflowing.
Brim \Brim\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Brimmed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Brimming}.]
To be full to the brim. ``The brimming stream.'' --Milton.
{To brim over} (literally or figuratively), to be so full
that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup
brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
- But most securities firms were brimming with profits after six months of soaring stock values and a five-year-old global bull market for equities.
- Presidential candidate Jack Kemp is brimming with excitement as he promotes his favorite subject: moving U.S. currency toward a gold standard.
- She may be a girl of 18 brought up in the country, but she is fairly brimming with determination and self-confidence: a Lady Bracknell in embryo.
- In the northern residential sector, site of yuppies, BMW's and discos, the good life appears to go on, with many outdoor cafes and restaurants brimming with well-dressed young customers.
- Democratic nominee Michael Dukakis, brimming with confidence in his surging candidacy, said Sunday he's got Republican rival George Bush on the run, while a Bush ally raised questions about the vice president's promise not to raise taxes.
- He ran as an unabashed liberal, but his was not a campaign brimming with position papers and brash promises.
- At their lows in mid-November, Wall Street was brimming with talk that economic growth was straining the capacity of the nation's factories and labor force.
- But whatever the hopeful signs, Mr. Rivera, the former social worker, isn't brimming with optimism.
- 'If the winners are having to do that, what are the losers going to do?' Barely 18 months ago, Sir Ralph was brimming with confidence on the future prospects of his company.
- And that is how it has been remade _ as a temporary set for a four-day pageant, less suspenseful than an afternoon quiz show but brimming with patriotism and spectacle.
- But in a business that is dominated by federal bureaucracy and that isn't exactly brimming with venture capital, Mr. Allen has taken the lead as fund-raiser, congressional liaison, engineer and head cheerleader.
- What's more, Spiegel has contingency plans to mail postcards and minicatalogs brimming with discounts to customers if sales fall short of its expectations.
- In pride of place is the Baltimore album quilt dated 1847, each square executed by a different hand and brimming with cornucopias of fruit and flowers.
- Merchants in neighboring Bedford, a town of about 4,000 people brimming with antique and art shops, say business already is off 20 percent to 25 percent as a result of the hotel turmoil.