strum

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strum /strʌm/ verb (strummed, strumming) [intransitive, transitive]  APMto play an instrument such as a guitar by moving your fingers up and down across its strings 弹奏，拨弄〔吉他等弦乐器〕→ See Verb table

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strum• The guitar player strummed along respectfully.• Budd, who has been strumming his acoustic guitar through the Midwest, writes introspective songs with a witty, sincere touch.• Mulcahey strummed his banjo and tapped the castanet again.• One of the minstrels strummed his banjo.• Mike Dawson was sitting at a dead computer, strumming the keyboard and offering a toothy smile to an invisible audience.• When we first started strumming, there was definitely a real affinity with the feel, so who knows?Origin strum (1700-1800) From the sound

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strum /strʌm/ verb (past tense and past participle strummed, present participle strumming) [intransitive and transitive]to play an instrument such as a guitar by moving your fingers up and down across its strings

strumBrE /strʌm/ 🔊NAmE /strʌm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they strum BrE /strʌm/ 🔊 NAmE /strʌm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it strums BrE /strʌmz/ 🔊 NAmE /strʌmz/ 🔊past simple strummed BrE /strʌmd/ 🔊 NAmE /strʌmd/ 🔊past participle strummed BrE /strʌmd/ 🔊 NAmE /strʌmd/ 🔊 -ing form strumming BrE /ˈstrʌmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈstrʌmɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] ~ (on) sth to play a guitar or similar instrument by moving your fingers up and down across the strings 弹奏（吉他等乐器）◆As she sang she strummed on a guitar. 她边唱边弹吉他。🔊🔊