hum是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为v. /n. 嗡嗡叫, 嘈杂声，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- When he looked upon the plain of Troy he marvelled at the many watchfires burn-ing in front of Ilius, and at the sound of pipes and flutes and of the hum of men, but when presently he turned to-wards the ships and hosts of the Achaeans, he tore his hair by handfuls before Jove on high, and groaned aloud for the very disquietness of his soul.
-- He wrought also two cities, fair to see and busy with the hum of men.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The wild scene about me lay sleep-ing silently under the sun, and the only sound near me was the thin hum of some small gnats that had discovered me.
-- Save for the hum of the gnats and the chirp of some small insects that hopped among the thorns, the air was absolutely still.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So soon as the first hum of emotion and pleasure, which the sudden appearance of this venerated individual created, had a little subsided, the name of 'Tamenund' was whis-pered from mouth to mouth.
在华盛顿·欧文的《睡谷的传说》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- From hence the low mur-mur of his pupils' voices, conning over their lessons, might be heard in a drowsy summer's day, like the hum of a bee-hive; interrupted now and then by the authoritative voice of the master, in the tone of menace or command, or, per- The Legend of Sleepy Hollowadventure, by the appalling sound of the birch, as he urged some tardy loiterer along the flowery path of knowledge.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- That constant pacing to and fro, that never-ending restlessness, that incessant tread of feet wearing the rough stones smooth and glossy is it not a wonder how the dwellers in narrows ways can bear to hear it!Think of a sick man in such a place as Saint Martin's Court, listening to the footsteps, and in the midst of pain and weariness obliged, despite himself (as though it were a task he must perform) to detect the child's step from the man's, the slipshod beggar from the booted exquisite, the lounging from the busy, the dull heel of the sauntering outcast from the quick tread of an expectant pleasure-seeker think of the hum and noise always being present to his sense, and of the stream of life that will not stop, pouring on, on, on, through all his restless dreams, as if he were condemned to lie, dead but conscious, in a noisy churchyard, and had no hope of rest for centuries to come.
-- Here, though the course was hidden from their view, they could yet faintly distinguish the noise of distant shouts, the hum of voices, and the beating of drums.
-- Then began the hum of conning over lessons and getting them by heart, the whispered jest and stealthy game, and all the noise and drawl of school; and in the midst of the din sat the poor schoolmaster, the very image of meekness and simplicity, vainly attempting to fix his mind upon the duties of the day, and to forget his little friend.
-- In the silence that ensued, the hum of distant voices borne upon the evening air came floating through the open window.
-- A deep hum of applause rose not only from the two teachers, but from all the pupils, who were equally astonished to hear Miss Monflathers improvising after this brilliant style; for although she had been long known as a politician, she had never appeared before as an original poet.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Everywhere he heard the rattling of chains, bustle, and the hum of conversation, interspersed with stupid profanity; but nowhere did he hear, as he expected, any reference to the dead comrades.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The air was full of the throb and hum of machinery pumping air down the shaft.
-- All the sounds of man, the bleating of sheep, the cries of birds, the hum of insects, the stir that makes the background of our lives all that was over.
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