hum

• vi. 发低哼声
• vt. 用哼声表示
• n. 嗡嗡声；哼声；杂声
• int. 哼；嗯
• n. (Hum)人名；(匈、塞、英)胡姆；(东南亚国家华语)湛

拟声词，嗡嗡叫的声音。

1. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;

"they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"

"there is a constant hum of military preparation"

2. a humming noise;

"the hum of distant traffic"

hum (v.)

late 14c., hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later hummen "to buzz, drone" (early 15c.), probably of imitative origin. Sense of "sing with closed lips" is first attested late 15c.; that of "be busy and active" is 1884, perhaps on analogy of a beehive. Related: Hummed; humming. Humming-bird (1630s) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its wings.

There is a curious bird to see to, called a humming bird, no bigger then a great Beetle. [Thomas Morton, "New English Canaan," 1637]

hum (n.)

mid-15c., from hum (v.).

sing, hum

这两个动词均含"唱"之意。

sing： 普通用词，泛指一般的歌唱或发出悦耳的声音。

hum： 指闭着双唇而不唱出字来，低语般的哼唱。

The room filled with the hum of conversation.

房间里充满了嘈杂的谈话声。

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the hum of bees/traffic/voices

蜜蜂的嗡嗡声；车辆的呜呜声；人的嘈杂声

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The streets were beginning to hum with life.

街道开始热闹起来。

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The computers were humming away.

计算机在嗡嗡作响。

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What's that tune you're humming?

你哼的是什么曲子？

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She was humming softly to herself.

她在轻声哼着曲子。

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Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.

嗯，很抱歉，我以为你是法国人。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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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The place is really beginning to hum...

这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。

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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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She was humming a merry little tune...

她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。

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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。

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The birds sang, the bees hummed...

鸟儿叫，蜂儿鸣。

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The hum of a generator rose and fell in the background, sometimes drowning our conversation.

发电机的嗡嗡声在我们身后响起又消失, 有时被我们的交谈声淹没.

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The bees forget to sip their honey; drunken with light they foolishly hover and hum.

蜜蜂被光明所陶醉,忘了吸蜜, 只痴呆地飞翔嗡唱.

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The hum of mains electricity is causing this gentleman some discomfort.

电流发出的嗡嗡声让这位办公室职员快崩溃了.

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A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once.

铜管或木管乐器演奏者可以在演奏时哼唱, 用来同时产生两个音调.

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The front door of the house was open and a hum of voices was audible.

房屋的前门开着,可以听见一阵嗡嗡的人声.

辞典例句

The hum of conversation died away as the curtain rose.

幕启时,嗡嗡的谈话声逐渐止息了.

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From the window came the din of traffic police sirens and the hum of a generator.

窗外不时传来警笛尖锐的声音和发电机的嗡嗡声.

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There is hum or noise in the speaker output.

扬声器输出声带嗡嗡声或杂音.

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Mountain breeze blowing, hum sounds is to call mountains outside guests?

山风吹来, 呜呜作响,是在召唤山外的客人 吗 ?

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It was after the business meeting and things were going socially with a hum.

当时刚散了会,大家正在活跃地交谈和寒暄.

英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

Mila has long loved to listen to our hum at night out her bedroom window.

Mila很久以来就一直喜爱在夜晚聆听我们窗外的鸣叫.

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I don't know the words of the song but I can hum it to you.

我不知道这首歌的歌词,但我可以哼给你听.

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The new manager soon made things hum.

这位新经理不久便使一切都活跃起来了.

《简明英汉词典》

They heard a steady hum, which soon melted into a steady silence.

他们听到的持续的嗡嗡声, 不久就融为一片死寂.

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