hum

英 [hʌm] 美 [hʌm]

• n. 嗡嗡声；哼声；杂声
• v. 发低哼声；哼(曲子)；活跃
• int. 哼；嗯（用以表示犹豫）

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 发出嗡嗡声; 哼

   make a continuous low sound

2. vi. 忙碌,活跃

   be full of life or active

n. (名词)

1. [S]嗡嗡声

   humming sound, esp. of an insect; indistinct murmur, esp. of many voices

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 嗡嗡声，嗡嗡营营声
2. 哼哼声，哼声
3. 嘈杂声，杂声
4. 哼曲子的声音
5. 欺骗
6. 恶臭
7. 交流声
8. 灰岩残丘，溶蚀残丘

v. 动词

1. 发出嗡嗡声或呼呼声
2. 哼（歌曲）
3. 发哼哼声
4. 用哼声表示
5. 欺骗
6. 咕咕哝哝，磕磕巴巴，结结巴巴地说
7. 变得有生气，恢复生气，活跃起来
8. 忙碌，活跃
9. 犹豫不决
10. 发出嘈杂声
11. 哼着曲调使…

int. 感叹词

1. （表示犹豫、困窘、不同意等）哼！呣 ！嗯！

英英释义

Noun:

1. the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity;

   "they manifested all the busyness of a pack of beavers"
   "there is a constant hum of military preparation"
   

2. an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

3. a humming noise;

   "the hum of distant traffic"
   

Verb:

1. sing with closed lips;

   "She hummed a melody"
   

2. be noisy with activity;

   "This office is buzzing with activity"
   

3. sound with a monotonous hum

4. make a low continuous sound;

   "The refrigerator is humming"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. He could hear the hum of the bees in the garden.
   他听得见花园里蜜蜂的嗡嗡声。
2. His strong voice cut through the hum of conversation like a knife through butter.
   他那宏亮有力的声音一下子压倒了嗡嗡的谈话声。
3. The background with all of my phones is totally silent, no hiss, hum at all, just total blackness.
   背景与我的所有电话，是完全沉默，没有噪音，哼声一切，在刚刚共有黑。
4. She heard the hum of voices in the house.
   她听见了屋子里的嘈杂声。

用作动词 (v.)

1. You don't need to sing loud, you just hum softly.
   你不必大声唱,只要轻轻哼就好了。
2. Hum the opening bars of your favourite tune.
   哼一哼你喜爱的曲子的开头几个小节。
3. She was humming to herself.
   她独自哼着歌。
4. Things are starting to hum with activity.
   气氛变得活跃起来。
5. The whole place was humming with life when we arrived.
   我们达到时，到处一片繁华景象。

用作感叹词 (int.)

1. Hum, you're joking!
   哼，你在开玩笑吧！
2. Hum! Trust you to make a mess of it.
   哼!让你把这事搞得一团糟。
3. Remember, who agree you this siring outing, hum?
   别忘了，是谁要带你们去春游的，嗯？

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The refrigerator motor hummed.
   电冰箱的发动机发出嗡嗡声。
2. The motor hummed pleasantly as the plane reached cruising speed.
   飞机达到最高速度时,马达发出的嗡嗡声很好听。
3. The bees were humming in the garden.
   蜜蜂在花园里嗡嗡地叫。
4. The market hummed as trading began.
   买卖一开始市场就热闹起来了。
5. The new manager soon made things hum.
   这位新经理不久便使一切都活跃起来了。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. She hummed a folk song.
   她哼着一首民歌。
2. She is humming a little tune.
   她在哼唱一支小曲。
3. He often hums the song that he doesn't know the name.
   他总哼唱那首他也不知道名的歌。
4. She is humming a song that I never heard before.
   她在哼一首我以前从未听过的歌。

S+～+ pron./n. +to- v

1. She hummed her child to sleep.
   她哼着歌曲使孩子入睡。
2. He hummed her to make her smile.
   他唱歌来使她乐。
3. No one can hum him to draw his attention.
   没有人可以用哼歌来吸引他的注意。

用作名词 (n.)

1. We hear the hum of conversation from the next room.
   我们听到隔壁房间嗡嗡的谈话声。

经典引文

• I have found..the persistent hum of the traffic..remarkably soothing.

  出自： N. Bawden

• Her real conversion..happened in semi-darkness, to the accompaniment of a low hum given off by the museum's slide projector.

  出自： R. Ingalls

• All of a sudden..a 'hum' goes round about some politician or other.

  出自：Observer

• They hummed and hawed and I could tell they weren't too interested.

  出自： J. Kelman

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

hum around (v.+adv.)

在…周围不停地叫 hum never stop round sb or thing
hum sb/sth ⇔ around
The machine hummed all around us in the factory.

工厂里机器在我们周围嗡嗡作响。
The bees were humming around the hive.

蜜蜂在蜂箱周围嗡嗡地叫。

hum to (v.+prep.)

向…哼唱 sing to sb
hum sth to sb/oneself
He was humming a tune to himself.

他轻声哼着一支曲子。
He hummed the tune to me.

他给我哼唱了这支曲子。

hum with (v.+prep.)

忙于… be very busy with sth

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• hum a song 哼唱一首歌
• hum a tune 哼唱一支小曲

～+副词

• hum busily 忙碌地轧轧响
• hum hoarsely 嘶哑地哼着
• hum melodiously 有音律地哼唱
• hum monotonously 单调地哼哼
• hum musically 精通音乐地哼唱
• hum pleasantly 令人愉快地哼哼
• hum along 一路发出嗡嗡声
• hum around 嗡嗡地飞来飞去

～+介词

• hum with 充满…的嗡嗡声

用作名词 (n.)

～+介词

• a hum of conversation 嗡嗡说话声

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. hum的基本意思是“发出嗡嗡声,哼”,发出的声音可以是悦耳的,也可以是吵闹的,其发出者可以是人,也可以是别的发声体。hum还有“忙碌,活跃”之意。
2. hum可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后可接名词或代词作宾语,也可接由动词不定式充当补足语的复合宾语。
3. hum的过去式和过去分词均为hummed。

词义辨析

sing，hum

• 这两个动词均含“唱”之意。
• sing普通用词，泛指一般的歌唱或发出悦耳的声音。
• hum指闭着双唇而不唱出字来，低语般的哼唱。

近反义词

【近义词】

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