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    thrum

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Textures, sounds
    thrum /θrʌm/ verb (thrummed, thrumming) [intransitive]  CSSOUNDto make a low sound like the sound of an engine 发低沉的嗡嗡声 The engine thrummed into life. 引擎轰轰地发动了起来。 —thrum noun [singular] the thrum of passing cars 来往车辆的轰轰声    → See Verb table
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    thrum• The engine thrummed as we drove through the countryside.    Origin thrum (1500-1600) From the sound
    thrum verbChinese
    sound Corpus make a to the like low


    thrum
    thrum /θrʌm/ verb (past tense and past participle thrummed, present participle thrumming) [intransitive]
     Date: 1500-1600
     Origin: From the sound
    to make a low sound like the sound of an engine:
        The engine thrummed into life.
    —thrum noun [singular]:
        the thrum of passing cars