brim

• n. 边；边缘
• vi. 满溢；溢出
• vt. 使…满溢
• n. (Brim)人名；(英)布里姆

词源可能同break, 分开，切开。

brim

brim: [13] Brim appears out of the blue at the beginning of the 13th century, meaning ‘edge, border’, with no apparent ancestor in Old English. It is usually connected with Middle High German brem and Old Norse barmr, both ‘edge’, which would point to a prehistoric Germanic source *berm- or *barm-. It has been conjectured that this could derive from the stem *ber- (source of English bear ‘carry’), and that the etymological meaning of brim is thus ‘raised border’. The modern sense ‘rim of a hat’ is first recorded in Shakespeare.
=> bear

brim (n.)

c. 1200, brymme "edge of the sea," of obscure origin, perhaps akin to Old Norse barmr "rim, brim," probably related to German bräme "margin, border, fringe," from PIE *bhrem- "point, spike, edge." (Old English had brim in the sense "sea, surf," but this probably was from the Germanic stem *brem- "to roar, rage.") Extended by 1520s to cups, basins, hats.

brim (v.)

"to fill to the brim," 1610s, from brim (n.). Intransitive sense ("be full to the brim") attested from 1818. Related: Brimmed; brimming.

1. The toilet was full to the brim with insects.

厕所里爬满了虫子。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Richard filled her glass right up to the brim.

理查德给她倒了满满一杯。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The flowerbeds brim with a mixture of lilies and roses.

花坛里长满了百合和玫瑰。

来自柯林斯例句

4. two wine glasses, filled to the brim

两只斟满的酒杯

来自《权威词典》

5. We brim over with sympathy after she told us her sad story.

她告诉我们她的悲苦身世后,我们对她深表同情.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》