hum
vt. 哼唱
vi. 忙碌,活跃; 发嗡嗡声; 发出嘈杂声
n. 嗡嗡声; 杂音; 哼唱的动作
If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise.
The birds sang, the bees hummed...
鸟儿叫,蜂儿鸣。
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。
When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
She was humming a merry little tune...
她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
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。
If you say that a place hums, you mean that it is full of activity.
The place is really beginning to hum...
这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
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。
Hum is sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
嗯,很抱歉,我以为你是法国人。
1. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;
2. a humming noise;
1. sing with closed lips;
2. be noisy with activity;
3. sound with a monotonous hum
4. make a low continuous sound;
hum and haw (或ha)
(英)犹豫不决,优柔寡断
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.