hum
英 [h?m]
美[h?m]
- 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
CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低频词核心词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?hums;过去式:?hummed;过去分词:?hummed;现在分词:?humming;
助记提示
hum...........哼?麽..........哼唱
中文词源
hum 嗡嗡叫
拟声词，嗡嗡叫的声音。
英文词源
- 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.).
双语例句
- 1. 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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- 2. 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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- 3. My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum"
- 我对这条消息的总体反应可以用“哼儿哈儿”来概括。
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- 4. The new government seemed rather hum-drum.
- 新政府看起来平庸无能。
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- 5. The place is really beginning to hum.
- 这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
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