hums

英 [hʌmz]

美 [hʌmz]

v.  哼(曲子); 发嗡嗡声; 活跃; 繁忙
hum的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 发出连续而低沉的声音;发嗡嗡声
  If somethinghums, it makes a low continuous noise.
  1. The birds sang, the bees hummed...
     鸟儿叫，蜂儿鸣。
  2. 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。
  3. There was a low humming sound in the sky.
     空中传来一阵低沉的嗡嗡声。
  4. Humis also a noun.
     
  5. ...the hum of traffic...
     嘈杂的车流声
  6. There was a general hum of conversation around them.
     他们周围的人都在嗡嗡地低声交谈。
• VERB 哼（曲子）
  When youhuma tune, you sing it with your lips closed.
  1. She was humming a merry little tune...
     她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
  2. 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 placehums, you mean that it is full of activity.
  1. The place is really beginning to hum...
     这个地方真正开始热闹起来了。
  2. 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
  Humis sometimes used to represent the sound people make when they are not sure what to say.
  1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
     嗯，很抱歉，我以为你是法国人。
• See also:ho hum

双语例句

• His dragon comes out and hums her.
  他的火龙出来烧伤她了。
• 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。
• London hums with enterprise, energy and people having fun.
  伦敦充满了干劲、活力以及享受人生的人们。
• They are showy, flamboyant and exquisitely choreographed, mainly built around the use of the Chinese straight-but-flexible sword, which hums and sings as it sizzles through the air at jet speed.
  它们丰姿万千，色彩缤纷，编排精巧细致并且主要围绕笔直而变化多端的剑的使用来进行。
• The little girl often hums different pieces of music.
  这个女孩经常哼着不同的曲子。
• It looks like a giant hockey puck and hums like a hot rod.
  它看上去像一个巨大的冰球，轰鸣起来又像一个由旧车改装而成的高速汽车。
• Debbie often hums while she's listening to music.
  黛比经常在听音乐时哼着曲子。
• The train chugged along. The sewing machine hums busily.
  火车发出轧轧声前进。缝纫机忙碌地轧轧响着。
• SWITZERLAND// Art Basel may be long over, but this Swiss city's cultural scene hums well into fall thanks to its museums.
  瑞士//巴塞尔艺术博览会（ArtBasel）可能已落幕许久，但由于巴塞尔坐拥众多博物馆，这座瑞士城市的文化景观得以很好地延展至秋季。
• The freak who hums show tunes?
  那个嗡嗡作响的疯子？