hum

英 [hʌm] 美[hʌm]
  • 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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