hum
vt. 哼唱
vi. 忙碌,活躍; 發嗡嗡聲; 發出嘈雜聲
n. 嗡嗡聲; 雜音; 哼唱的動作
If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise.
The birds sang, the bees hummed...
鳥兒叫,蜂兒鳴。
Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again...
用不了5小時,裝置就又能嗡嗡地運轉了。
When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
She was humming a merry little tune...
她哼著一支歡快的小曲兒。
He hummed to himself as he opened the trunk.
他獨自哼著曲子開啟了車子的後備箱。
If you say that a place hums, you mean that it is full of activity.
The place is really beginning to hum...
這個地方真正開始熱鬧起來了。
On Saturday morning, the town hums with activity and life.
週六早晨,小鎮一派熱鬧繁忙,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,我以為你是法國人。
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)猶豫不決,優柔寡斷
The hum of a generator rose and fell in the background, sometimes drowning our conversation.
發電機的嗡嗡聲在我們身後響起又消失, 有時被我們的交談聲淹沒.
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, 只痴呆地飛翔嗡唱.
The hum of mains electricity is causing this gentleman some discomfort.
電流發出的嗡嗡聲讓這位辦公室職員快崩潰了.
A brass or woodwind player may hum while playing, to produce two pitches at once.
銅管或木管樂器演奏者可以在演奏時哼唱, 用來同時產生兩個音調.
The front door of the house was open and a hum of voices was audible.
房屋的前門開著,可以聽見一陣嗡嗡的人聲.