hum

名词 n. 动词 v. 感叹词 intj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
  2. Synonym of see hum (“blood cockles, ark clams”). Malaysia,Singapore,informal,uncountable
  3. An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
    — They could hear a hum coming from the kitchen, and found the dishwasher on.
  4. Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
  5. Unpleasant odour. UK,slang
  6. An imposition or hoax; humbug. dated
  7. A kind of strong drink. obsolete
    — you do provide me hum enough , And lour to bouse with
  8. A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
    — There is a range of theories from farm or factory machinery to conspiracy theories such as flying saucers. And yet, "the hum" remains an unsolved case.
动词 v.
  1. To make a sound from the vocal cords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed. intransitive
    — We are humming happily along with the music.
  2. To express by humming. transitive
    — to hum a tune
  3. To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly. intransitive
    — The leaves of the foreſt were loaded with manna, pure amber dropped from every bough, honey diſtilled from the rifted rock, and the humming bee, drunk with joy, ſtrayed from flower to flower, forgetful of his burſting cells.
  4. To buzz, be busily active like a beehive intransitive
    — The streets were humming with activity.
  5. To produce low sounds which blend continuously intransitive
  6. To reek, smell bad. UK,slang
    — This room really hums — have you ever tried spring cleaning, mate?
  7. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug. UK,dated,slang,transitive
感叹词 intj.
  1. Synonym of hmm: a noise indicating thought, consideration, &c.
    — Hum! hum! What's all this?
  2. Synonym of um: a noise indicating doubt, uncertainty, &c.
    — Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves.

词形变化

hums plural hums present,singular,third-person humming participle,present hummed participle,past hummed past

词汇关系

近义词
bombinate buzz drone hum thrum whirr whizz
反义词
snap
上位词
sound
下位词
croon purr
衍生词
antihum humbird hum-box humbucker humdudgeon mains hum sixty cycle hum hummy ahum ho-hum hum along hum and ha hum and haw humble hum-buzz hummable hummer hummingbird humming-top unhummed ho hum
相关词
humblebee humming

词源

词源 1
From Middle English hummen (“to hum, buzz, drone, make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment”); akin to Dutch hommelen (“to bumble, buzz”), dialectal Dutch hommen (“to buzz, hum”), Middle High German hummen (“to hum”), probably ultimately of imitative origin.
词源 2
Borrowed from Hokkien 蚶 (ham).
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