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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
hum
hum [hum hums hummed humming] verb, noun BrE [hʌm] NAmE [hʌm]
verb (-mm-)
1. intransitive, transitive to sing a tune with your lips closed
•She was humming softly to herself.
•He began to hum along with the music.
•~ sth What's that tune you're humming?
2. intransitive to make a low continuous sound
•The computers were humming away.
•The overhead wires hummed with power.
3. intransitive to be full of activity
•The streets were beginning to hum with life.
•The whole room was humming now.
•Things were beginning to hum.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
late Middle English: imitative.
Collocations:
Music
Listening
listen to/enjoy/love/be into music/classical music/jazz/pop/hip-hop, etc.
listen to the radio/an MP3 player/a CD
put on/play a CD/a song/some music
turn down/up the music/radio/volume/bass
go to a concert/festival/gig/performance/recital
copy/burn/rip music/a CD/a DVD
download music/an album/a song/a demo/a video
Playing
play a musical instrument/the piano/percussion/a note/a riff/the melody/a concerto/a duet/by ear
sing an anthem/a ballad/a solo/an aria/the blues/in a choir/soprano/alto/tenor/bass/out of tune
hum a tune/a theme tune/a lullaby
accompany a singer/choir
strum a chord/guitar
Performing
form/start/get together/join/quit/leave a band
give a performance/concert/recital
do a concert/recital/gig
play a concert/gig/festival/venue
perform (BrE) at/in a concert/(especially NAmE) a concert
appear at a festival/live
go on/embark on a (world) tour
Recording
write/compose music/a ballad/a melody/a tune/a song/a theme song/an opera/a symphony
land/get/sign a record deal
be signed to/be dropped by a record company
record/release/put out an album/a single/a CD
be top of/top the charts
get to/go straight to/go straight in at/enter the charts at number one
Example Bank:
•He began to hum, somewhat tunelessly.
•I was humming along with the music.
•What's that tune you're humming?
Idiom: ↑hum and haw
noun singular ~ (of sth)
a low continuous sound
•the hum of bees/traffic/voices
•The room filled with the hum of conversation.
Word Origin:
late Middle English: imitative.
Example Bank:
•the background hum of the air-conditioning
See also: ↑hem and haw
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