brim

记忆“brim”的方法是想象一个杯子或碗的边缘（rim）满是水滴，使得边缘都凸起来，好像“brim”这个词的“b”字母就像水滴的凸起。这种方法通过视觉联想帮助记住“brim”是边缘或边缘上的意思。

brim 边缘

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.
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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。

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

理查德给她倒了满满一杯。

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

花坛里长满了百合和玫瑰。

4. two wine glasses, filled to the brim

两只斟满的酒杯

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.

【verge, edge, brim, margin, border, fringe, rim】
这组词都有“边，边缘”的意思，其区别是：
verge: 指明显地标志一个表在或一广阔空间的边界，或终端线，也指极狭窄的空间。常用作比喻。
edge: 普通用词，指较窄的边沿。
brim: 指深容器的内边或河、湖等水域的最高线。
margin: 指物体的空白边，一般较宽。
border: 侧重刚好在界线内的一部分表面上，指较宽的边缘，也可指边缘本身。
fringe: 指地毯的须边、围巾的花边、烫发的卷边或人群的边缘。
rim: 指圆形或有曲线的物体的边缘。