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英语单词 hum
英美音标 英 [hʌm] 美 [hʌm]
中文释义 n.嗡嗡声;哼声;杂声
v.发低哼声;哼(曲子);活跃
int.哼;嗯(用以表示犹豫)
英语例句 (1) He could hear the hum of the bees in the garden.
(2) His strong voice cut through the hum of conversation like a knife through butter.
(3) The background with all of my phones is totally silent, no hiss, hum at all, just total blackness.
(4) She heard the hum of voices in the house.
(5) You don't need to sing loud, you just hum softly.
(6) Hum the opening bars of your favourite tune.
(7) She was humming to herself.
(8) Things are starting to hum with activity.
(9) The whole place was humming with life when we arrived.
(10) Hum! Trust you to make a mess of it.
(11) Remember, who agree you this siring outing, hum?
中文例句 (1) 他听得见花园里蜜蜂的嗡嗡声。
(2) 他那宏亮有力的声音一下子压倒了嗡嗡的谈话声。
(3) 背景与我的所有电话,是完全沉默,没有噪音,哼声一切,在刚刚共有黑。
(4) 她听见了屋子里的嘈杂声。
(5) 你不必大声唱,只要轻轻哼就好了。
(6) 哼一哼你喜爱的曲子的开头几个小节。
(7) 她独自哼着歌。
(8) 气氛变得活跃起来。
(9) 我们达到时,到处一片繁华景象。
(10) 哼!让你把这事搞得一团糟。
(11) 别忘了,是谁要带你们去春游的,嗯?
vocabulary简明 To hum is to make a low, steady, singing sound with your mouth closed. If you don't know the words to a song on the radio, you can just hum along.
vocabulary扩展 Other hums are based on the musical hum, making a similar low, constant sound. Bees hum, an electric fan hums, and your car idling quietly also hums. A figurative way to hum is to be busy and loud: "The cafe always seemed to hum with activity." The word hum is imitative (it sounds like the noise it describes), but its earliest form was hommen, in the 1500s, meaning "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment."
柯林斯解释
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[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]
  [V-ing]
  [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。

2
[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。

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  • 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

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