hum

• vi. 低い鼻歌を歌う。
• vt.鼻歌を歌う
• n.鼻歌；ハミング；つぶやき
• hum; um
• n.（ハム）人の名前；（ハンガリー語、セルビア語、英語）フム；（東南アジア標準語）チャム

鼻歌の擬音語。

hum (v.)

late 14c., hommen "make a murmuring sound to cover embarrassment," later hummen "to buzz, drone" (early 15c.), probably of imitative origin. Sense of "sing with closed lips" is first attested late 15c.; that of "be busy and active" is 1884, perhaps on analogy of a beehive. Related: Hummed; humming. Humming-bird (1630s) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its wings.

There is a curious bird to see to, called a humming bird, no bigger then a great Beetle. [Thomas Morton, "New English Canaan," 1637]

hum (n.)

mid-15c., from hum (v.).

1. Hum ，I am sorry but I thought you were French.

うん、ごめん、フランス人だと思ってた。

2.There was a general hum of conversation around them.

彼らの周りの人たちはみなブーンと低い声で話している。

3.My general reaction to this news might be summed up as "ho- hum "

このメッセージに対する私の全体的な反応は「フンハール」で要約することができます。

The new government seemed rather hum -drum.

新政府は平凡で無能に見える。

5.The place is really beginning to hum .

この場所は本格的に盛り上がり始めた。