If something hums, it makes a low continuous noise.
例句
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。
VERB
哼(曲子)
When you hum a tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
例句
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。
VERB
(地方)热闹,活跃,繁忙
If you say that a place hums, you mean that it is full of activity.
例句
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。
CONVENTION
(踌躇时发出的声音)嗯,呃
Hum is sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
例句
Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.嗯,很抱歉,我以为你是法国人。
英汉词典释义
vt. & vi.
发出嗡嗡声; 哼唱
The bees were humming in the garden.蜜蜂在花园里嗡嗡地叫。She is humming a folk song that I never heard before.她在哼一首我以前从未听过的民歌。No one can hum him to draw his attention.没有人可以用哼歌来吸引他的注意。
vi.
忙碌, 活跃
The new manager soon made things hum.这位新经理不久便使一切都活跃起来了。
n.
嗡嗡声
We hear the hum of conversation from the next room.我们听到隔壁房间嗡嗡的谈话声。
英英词典释义
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"