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humming

/huhm-ing/US // ˈhʌm ɪŋ //

嗡嗡声,哼唱,哼哼唧唧,哼着歌

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : making a droning sound; buzzing.
    • : very busy; briskly active: a humming office.

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Examples

  • Even at its maximum level, I could still hear muffled but very present versions of an AC humming or the traffic noises of a mildly busy New York City street.

  • It starts off like any other Lana tune, replete with minor chords and humming, distorted vocals.

  • If the recovery gets genuinely humming, we could start seeing months between 300,000 and 400,000 next year.

  • I hear him humming—a long, flat note, more electric than musical.

  • He was like some comedic humming bird, flitting from Megan Mullally to Eric McCormack to Debra Messing.

  • Expect to leave the tribute happily humming the haunting notes of “Alfie” and not minding any raindrops falling on your head.

  • Many so-called "humming tones" are given for practice, but in accepting them observe whether the foregoing principle is obeyed.

  • This may be done by taking the humming tone and bringing to bear upon it a strong pressure of energy.

  • The m relates it to the nares or humming tone (which is the basis of all resonance in the voice).

  • Like many other Yankee notions, it did not thrive here, and the humming of those bees soon ceased.

  • About an hour after resuming their walk, the major went off in hot pursuit of an enormous bee, which he saw humming round a bush.