音标:[hʌm] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
n. 嗡嗡声, 哼声, 杂声
vi. 发低哼声
vt. 哼, 用哼声表示
interj. 哼, 嗯
n. a humming noise
v. sing with closed lips
v. be noisy with activity
v. sound with a monotonous hum
词型变化:现在分词 : humming ; 过去式 : hummed ; 第三人称单数 : hums ; 名词复数形式 : hums ; 过去分词 : hummed
考试类型:[六级/考研/IELTS]
词性分布:
动词66%
名词31%
叹词3%

hum的用法和样例:

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。

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 thinghum 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 sbhum 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

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
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