[VERB 动词]发出连续而低沉的声音;发嗡嗡声 If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise.
[V]
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[oft the N of n]
The birds sang, the bees hummed...
鸟儿叫,蜂儿鸣。
Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again...
用不了5小时,设备就又能嗡嗡地运转了。
There was a low humming sound in the sky.
空中传来一阵低沉的嗡嗡声。
Hum is also a noun.
...the hum of traffic...
嘈杂的车流声
There was a general hum of conversation around them.
他们周围的人都在嗡嗡地低声交谈。
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[VERB 动词]哼(曲子) When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
[V n]
[V]
She was humming a merry little tune...
她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
He hummed to himself as he opened the trunk.
他独自哼着曲子打开了车子的后备箱。
humming
The guard stopped his humming and turned his head sharply.
守卫停止了哼唱,猛地转过头。
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[VERB 动词](地方)热闹,活跃,繁忙 If you say that a place hums, you mean that it is full of activity.
[V]
[V with n]
The place is really beginning to hum...
这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
On Saturday morning, the town hums with activity and life.
周六早晨,小镇一派热闹繁忙,活力盎然。
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[CONVENTION 惯用语](踌躇时发出的声音)嗯,呃Hum is sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
嗯,很抱歉,我以为你是法国人。
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See also:
ho hum
; hum and haw→see:
haw
;
Oxford
hum/hʌm; NAmEhʌm/
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humhumshummedhummingverb(-mm-)1[intransitive , transitive ]to sing a tune with your lips closed 哼(曲子)◆She was humming softly to herself.她在轻声哼着曲子。humsth ◆What's that tune you're humming?你哼的是什么曲子?☞collocationsat
music
2[intransitive ]to make a low continuous sound 发嗡嗡声◆The computers were humming away.计算机在嗡嗡作响。3[intransitive ]to be full of activity 活跃;繁忙◆The streets were beginning to hum with life.街道开始热闹起来。IDIOMˌhum and ˈhaw( BrE) (NAmEˌhem and ˈhaw)( informal) to take a long time to make a decision or before you say sth 犹豫不决;支支吾吾;嗯嗯呃呃noun[singular ]hum(of sth) a low continuous sound 嗡嗡声;嘈杂声◆the hum of bees/traffic/voices蜜蜂的嗡嗡声;车辆的呜呜声;人的嘈杂声◆The room filled with the hum of conversation.房间里充满了嘈杂的谈话声。hum/hʌm; NAmEhʌm/
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hum1 verb
hum2 noun
humhum1 /hʌm/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle hummed, present participle humming)
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1[intransitive, transitive] to sing a tune by making a continuous sound with your lips closedhum to yourself Tony was humming to himself as he drove along. He began to hum a tune.2[intransitive] to make a low continuous sound: Machines hummed on the factory floor.3[intransitive] if a place hums, it is full of activity – use this to show approval → busy: By nine o'clock, the restaurant was humming.hum with The streets were humming with life.4 hum and haw British English to take a long time deciding what to say or do → hesitateSYN hem and haw American English
hum1 verb
hum2 noun
humhum2 noun [singular]
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1a low continuous soundhum of the distant hum of traffic► see thesaurus at
sound
2hum of excitement/approval etc the sound of people talking because they are excited etc
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