humming

1. VERB 发出连续而低沉的声音;发嗡嗡声
   If something hums, 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. Hum is 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。
2. VERB 哼（曲子）
   When you hum a 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。
3. VERB (地方）热闹，活跃，繁忙
   If you say that a place hums, 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。
4. 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.
   1. Hum, I am sorry but I thought you were French.
      嗯，很抱歉，我以为你是法国人。
5. See also: ho hum

1. The rooms are crammed with humming Xerox machines.
   那些房间里摆满了嗡嗡作响的复印机。
2. There was a low humming sound in the sky.
   空中传来一阵低沉的嗡嗡声。
3. She was humming a merry little tune
   她哼着一支欢快的小曲儿。
4. She was humming a song to herself.
   她独自哼着歌。
5. Bees are humming [ buzzing] around from flower to flower.
   蜜蜂在花丛中嗡嗡地飞来飞去。
6. My ears are tingling [ humming; ringing; singing].
   我耳鸣。
7. He obviously didn't know how to answer my question, and just stood there humming and hawing.
   他显然不知道该怎么回答我的问题，站在那里支支吾吾的。
8. But then even a good cover version can get you humming.
   但是，哪怕是一首好的翻唱版也是会让你不由自主哼起来的。
9. I heard the Coca-Cola machine motor humming even before I saw it.
   甚至在看见可口可乐机之前就听到了其马达发出的嗡嗡声。
10. Will you stop that humming, you're driving me mad!
    你别再哼曲子了好吗，你快把我吵疯了！
11. Humming "the sky was azure," a line from a folk song, he felt wonderfully at ease.
    “蓝格莹莹的天”，他哼了声民歌，心里觉得很舒服。
12. She was often heared humming this song.
    人们常听见她哼这首歌。
13. He was humming a song to himself.
    他自己在哼唱着一支歌。
14. His constant humming is really beginning to get on my nerves.
    他不停的哼唱真的让我开始觉得心烦意乱。
15. All is quiet in the classroom, except the humming of the flies.
    教室中除了苍蝇的嗡嗡声，一切静寂。
16. Have heard strange humming or pulsing sounds, and you could not identify the source.
    听到不能够识别来源的奇怪的嗡嗡声或脉冲式的声音。
17. You recognize the Chinese pop music played in the taxi and humming along with it.
    坐出租车时，你听出了车子里播放的中国流行音乐，并跟着它哼唱。
18. She asked me to give over humming.
    她求我不要哼曲子了。
19. The sun has sneezed out the humming bird.
    太阳打喷嚏打出了蜂雀。
20. She was humming an Irish ballad.
    她正哼着一首爱尔兰民歌。
21. He had even started humming to an improvised tune&.
    他甚至临时编了一个小调哼了起来。
22. There is a very slight humming feeling in your body. The wind carried the hum of distant traffic.
    在你身体中有一种非常轻微的嗡嗡声。风传来了远处过往车辆的嗡嗡声。
23. Do you know this tune I'm humming?
    你懂我在哼唱的这支曲子吗？
24. The student was humming a song softly.
    那个学生在轻轻地哼着一支歌。
25. Are you humming a tune, or do you sit and really listen to what they have to say?
    你是会哼着歌，还是会正襟危坐，认真地去听他们讲的话呢？
26. You've kept humming all the way here.
    都哼了一路了。
27. There were dizzy bees bow-tied fruit flies turning somersaults and humming in the air.
    那里有令人头晕的蜜蜂和打着领结的果蝇翻跟头，在空中嗡嗡鸣唱。
28. I turned around and glared at the person who was humming.
    我扭过头，怒视着哼唱的人。
29. Was that you humming just now?
    你刚才在哼什么？

noun

1. the act of singing with closed lips

2. a humming noise
   1. the hum of distant traffic

   Synonym:    hum