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

• The little girl often hums different pieces of music.
  这个女孩经常哼着不同的曲子。
• They've found that during the breeding season the male finds a nest pool and at night when the tide is in hums to attract a female.
  研究者发现在繁殖季节，雄鱼会找一个栖息的水塘，在涨潮的夜晚用音乐吸引雌鱼。
• The freak who hums show tunes?
  那个嗡嗡作响的疯子？
• While the previous iPad was no slouch with its brisk a6x processor, now everything on IOS 7, including the popular virtual brawler infinity blade III, hums along.
  尽管有着高速A6X处理器的上一代iPad并不逊色，但如今在iOS7上运行的一切应用，包括流行的虚拟格斗游戏《无尽之刃3》（InfinityBladeIII），都会更加出色。
• 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。
• Customers in each car she's tidying don't seem to mind that she hums as she works.
  她常常一边工作一边轻轻哼唱，车内的乘客似乎并不太在意。
• Debbie often hums while she's listening to music.
  黛比经常在听音乐时哼着曲子。
• 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。
• Modern Athens hums with activity.
  现代的雅典十分繁荣。
• His dragon comes out and hums her.
  他的火龙出来烧伤她了。