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brim

/brim/US // brɪm //UK // (brɪm) //

边缘,帽檐,边缘地带,边缘的

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the upper edge of anything hollow; rim; brink: the brim of a cup.
    • : a projecting edge: the brim of a hat.
    • : margin.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    brimmed, brim·ming.

    • : to be full to the brim.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    brimmed, brim·ming.

    • : to fill to the brim.

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Examples

  • Another approach focuses on protecting the rare slices of land and sea that brim with huge numbers of species.

  • Nowadays “beanie” is kind of a catch-all word for hats designed to fit over the ears, without brims or flaps.

  • This year’s holiday season has been filled to the brim with nonstop laughs, great food and good vibes.

  • You need to tumble the mussels around during cooking, and you can’t do that if your pot is filled to the brim.

  • Keep the mask above the brim of your hat when you run, then quickly flip it down over your nose and mouth when you encounter someone.

  • It had a wide brim and a tall crown, which created an insulated pocket of air and could also be used to carry water.

  • And he had a cowboy hat that he liked touching, too—he smoothed the brim back like it was a ducktail haircut.

  • On it are balanced a plate of eggs and toast, an open quart jar of grape jelly, and a beer mug full to the brim with orange juice.

  • Just as his fingers touched the brim, his foot would kick the hat out of reach.

  • At times like these you must be careful not to brim over with elation-into-crashing-despair.

  • The rebellious brown hair was almost in the shade of my own dashing hat-brim.

  • Gunn touched the brim of his soft felt hat, which he wore turned down all round apparently in imitation of a flower-pot.

  • At the farm-gate they met Dorothy, fresh and blooming as a rose, with a pail in each hand foaming to the brim with milk.

  • Piegan was already mounted, watching us whimsically from under the dripping brim of his hat.

  • She wore a black silk cloak, a dark grey hat with a wide brim, and a broad satin ribbon under her chin.