hum

英 [hʌm]

美 [hʌm]

v. 哼(曲子); 发嗡嗡声; 活跃; 繁忙
n. 嗡嗡声; 嘈杂声

现在分词：humming　过去式：hummed　第三人称单数：hums　复数：hums　过去分词：hummed　

Collins.2 / BNC.10116 / COCA.6823

习惯用语

hum and haw

verb

哼（曲子）
to sing a tune with your lips closed
1. She was humming softly to herself.
  她在轻声哼着曲子。
2. What's that tune you're humming?
  你哼的是什么曲子？
发嗡嗡声
to make a low continuous sound
1. The computers were humming away.
  计算机在嗡嗡作响。
活跃；繁忙
to be full of activity
1. The streets were beginning to hum with life.
  街道开始热闹起来。

noun

VERB 发出连续而低沉的声音;发嗡嗡声
If somethinghums, it makes a low continuous noise.
1. The birds sang, the bees hummed...
  鸟儿叫，蜂儿鸣。
2. 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。
3. There was a low humming sound in the sky.
  空中传来一阵低沉的嗡嗡声。
4. Humis also a noun.
5. ...the hum of traffic...
  嘈杂的车流声
6. There was a general hum of conversation around them.
  他们周围的人都在嗡嗡地低声交谈。
VERB 哼（曲子）
When youhuma tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
1. She was humming a merry little tune...
  她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
2. 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。
VERB (地方）热闹，活跃，繁忙
If you say that a placehums, you mean that it is full of activity.
1. The place is really beginning to hum...
  这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
2. 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。
CONVENTION （踌躇时发出的声音）嗯，呃
Humis sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
  嗯，很抱歉，我以为你是法国人。
See also:ho hum

noun

a humming noise
1. the hum of distant traffic
Synonym:humming
the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity
1. they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers
2. there is a constant hum of military preparation
Synonym:busyness

verb

sing with closed lips
1. She hummed a melody
make a low continuous sound
1. The refrigerator is humming
sound with a monotonous hum
Synonym:thrum
be noisy with activity
1. This office is buzzing with activity
Synonym:buzzseethe

Ho hum, another nice job down the drain.
，又一份好工作泡汤了。
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。
I can hum them all, he laughs.
我能哼唱所有的歌曲，班迪尔笑着说。
You hum the tune while I sing.
我唱的时候你们哼唱。
Hum, hum, hum! Here I come, Down the road and round the hill.
嗡，嗡，嗡！我来了，开下了道路，围着小山跑。
Hum! Just like you to make a promise and then forget it.
哼！你就是这种人，答应了，然后又忘了。
For song of bird and hum of bee;
为蜜蜂的嗡叫和群鸟的歌唱；
The room filled with the hum of conversation.
房间里充满了嘈杂的谈话声。
The hum of study ceased.
嗡嗡的读书声停止了。
She was humming a merry little tune
她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。