hum

英 [h?m] 美[h?m]
  • vi. 發(fā)低哼聲
  • vt. 用哼聲表示
  • n. 嗡嗡聲;哼聲;雜聲
  • int. 哼;嗯
  • n. (Hum)人名;(匈、塞、英)胡姆;(東南亞國家華語)湛

CET6TEM4IELTS考研中低頻詞核心詞匯

詞態(tài)變化


第三人稱單數(shù):?hums;過去式:?hummed;過去分詞:?hummed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?humming;

助記提示


hum...........哼?麼..........哼唱

中文詞源


hum 嗡嗡叫

擬聲詞,嗡嗡叫的聲音。

英文詞源


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.).

雙語例句


1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
嗯,很抱歉,我以為你是法國人。

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2. There was a general hum of conversation around them.
他們周圍的人都在嗡嗡地低聲交談。

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3. My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho-hum"
我對(duì)這條消息的總體反應(yīng)可以用“哼兒哈兒”來概括。

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4. The new government seemed rather hum-drum.
新政府看起來平庸無能。

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5. The place is really beginning to hum.
這個(gè)地方真正開始熱鬧起來了。

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