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hum 音标拼音: [h'ʌm] n. 嗡嗡声,哼声,杂声
vi. 发低哼声
vt. 闭口哼歌,嗡嗡叫
int. 哼,嗯 嗡嗡声,哼声,杂声发低哼声闭口哼歌,嗡嗡叫 hum n 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" [ synonym: { busyness}, { hum}] 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 [ synonym: { Harkat- ul- Mujahidin}, { HUM}, { Harkat ul- Ansar}, { HUA}, { Harkat ul- Mujahedeen}, { Al Faran}, { Movement of Holy Warriors}] 3: a humming noise; " the hum of distant traffic" [ synonym: { hum}, { humming}] v 1: sing with closed lips; " She hummed a melody" 2: be noisy with activity; " This office is buzzing with activity" [ synonym: { hum}, { buzz}, { seethe}] 3: sound with a monotonous hum [ synonym: { hum}, { thrum}] 4: make a low continuous sound; " The refrigerator is humming" Hum \ Hum\ ( h[ u^] m), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Hummed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Humming}.] [ Of imitative origin; cf. G. hummen, D. hommelen. [ root] 15.] 1. To make a low, prolonged sound, like that of a bee in flight; to drone; to murmur; to buzz; as, a top hums. -- P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster] Still humming on, their drowsy course they keep. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make a nasal sound, like that of the letter m prolonged, without opening the mouth, or articulating; to mumble in monotonous undertone; to drone. [ 1913 Webster] The cloudy messenger turns me his back, And hums. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 3. [ Cf. { Hum}, interj.] To make an inarticulate sound, like h' m, through the nose in the process of speaking, from embarrassment or a affectation; to hem. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To express satisfaction by a humming noise. [ 1913 Webster] Here the spectators hummed. -- Trial of the Regicides. [ 1913 Webster] Note: Formerly the habit of audiences was to express gratification by humming and displeasure by hissing. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To have the sensation of a humming noise; as, my head hums, -- a pathological condition. [ 1913 Webster]
Hum \ Hum\, interj. [ Cf. { Hem}, interj.] Ahem; hem; an inarticulate sound uttered in a pause of speech implying doubt and deliberation. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster]
Hum \ Hum\, v. t. 1. To sing with shut mouth; to murmur without articulation; to mumble; as, to hum a tune. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To express satisfaction with by humming. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug. [ Colloq. & Low] [ 1913 Webster]
Hum \ Hum\, n. 1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz. [ 1913 Webster] The shard- borne beetle with his drowsy hums. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: ( a) The confused noise of a crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of industry. [ 1913 Webster] But ' midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men. -- Byron. ( b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An imposition or hoax. [ 1913 Webster] 4. [ Cf. { Hem}, interj.] An inarticulate nasal sound or murmur, like h' m, uttered by a speaker in pause from embarrassment, affectation, etc. [ 1913 Webster] These shrugs, these hums and ha' s. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. [ Perh. so called because strongly intoxicating.] A kind of strong drink formerly used. [ Obs.] -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] { Venous hum}. See under { Venous}. [ 1913 Webster] 170 Moby Thesaurus words for " hum": Indian file, anthem, array, articulation, ballad, bank, bel canto, birdies, birr, blooping, blurping, bombilate, bombilation, bombinate, bombination, boom, booming, bravura, bum, burr, buzz, buzzing, carol, catena, catenation, chain, chain reaction, chaining, chant, chirp, chirrup, choir, choral singing, chorus, coloratura, concatenation, connection, consecution, continue the same, continuum, course, croon, crooning, cycle, descant, descent, distortion, do- re- mi, drag along, drag on, drone, droning, endless belt, endless round, falter, feedback, file, filiation, flutter, fluttering, folk singing, gamut, gradation, halt, haw, hem, hem and haw, hesitate, hissing, howling, hum and haw, humming, hymn, intonate, intonation, intone, lilt, line, lineage, low rumbling, lyricism, mammer, minstrel, monotone, motorboating, nexus, operatic singing, pendulum, periodicity, persist, pipe, plenum, powder train, prevail, progression, psalm, purr, purring, quaver, queue, range, rank, recurrence, reticulation, rotation, roulade, round, routine, row, rumble, run, run through, scale, scat, scat singing, scratching, sequence, serenade, series, shake, shredding, sing, sing in chorus, singing, single file, sol- fa, sol- fa exercise, solfeggio, solmizate, solmization, song, spectrum, squeals, stammer, static, string, stumble, stutter, succession, swath, thread, thrum, thrumming, tier, tonic sol- fa, train, tremolo, trill, troll, tweedle, tweedledee, twit, twitter, vocal music, vocalization, vocalize, warble, warbling, whir, whirring, whistle, whistles, whiz, whizzing, windrow, woomping, wow, wowwows, yodel, yodeling
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