To thrum is to make a low, steady, repeating sound — the kind of sound that keeps going and that you feel a little in your body as well as hear. An engine thrums. A big machine in a factory thrums. Rain on a metal roof thrums.

To thrumthrum這個動詞is是to make製造出a low, steady, repeating sound一種低沉、穩定、一直重複的聲音——the kind of sound那種聲音that keeps going會一直持續and而且that you feel a little你多少能感覺到in your body在身體裡as well as hear不只是用聽的。An engine引擎thrums會發出這種低鳴。A big machine一台大型機器in a factory在工廠裡thrums也會這樣低鳴。Rain雨水on a metal roof打在鐵皮屋頂上thrums也發出這種悶悶的聲音。

Sometimes a person thrums too: you thrum your fingers on a table when you are waiting and a bit impatient, tapping again and again. The word also works with a guitar — to thrum the strings is to play them in a rough, repeated way, not carefully.

Sometimes有時候a person一個人thrums too也會thrum：you你thrum your fingers敲著手指on a table在桌上when you are waiting當你在等待and a bit impatient又有點不耐煩的時候, tapping again and again一直敲個不停。The word這個字also works也可以用with a guitar在吉他上——to thrum the strings刷弦is是to play them彈奏in a rough, repeated way用粗獷、重複的方式, not carefully不是仔細地彈。

The sound of the word IS the meaning: 'thrum' sounds like the thing it names, which is why it feels right even to people who have never seen it written.

The sound of the word這個字的聲音IS就是the meaning它的意思：「thrum」「thrum」sounds like聽起來就像the thing it names它所指的那個東西, which這is why是為什麼it它feels right讓人覺得很貼切even to people即使對who have never seen it written從沒見過它寫下來的人來說也是。

This is a writer's word more than a talking word. In real speech people say 'hum' or 'the engine was making a low sound'.

This這is是a writer's word一個作家用的字more than而不只是a talking word一個口語常用的字。In real speech在真實對話裡people人們say會說「hum」「hum」or或「the engine was making a low sound」「引擎發出低低的聲音」這種話。

In a novel, though, thrum is everywhere — writers love it because it carries a feeling: something powerful is alive and working nearby. There is a stretched use too: 'the city thrummed with life', 'she thrummed with excitement'. Here nothing is really making a sound at all; the writer means the place or the person is full of energy that you can almost feel.

In a novel在小說裡, though不過, thrumthrum這個字is everywhere到處都是——writers作家們love it喜歡用它because因為it它carries帶著a feeling一種感覺：something powerful某個強大的東西is alive活著and working運作著nearby在附近。There is also有a stretched use一種延伸的用法too：「the city thrummed with life」「這座城市脈動著生命」、「she thrummed with excitement」「她因興奮而全身震顫」。Here在這裡nothing沒有東西is really making a sound at all真的在發出聲音；the writer作家means指的其實是the place or the person那個地方或那個人is full of energy充滿能量that you can almost feel幾乎能感覺得到。

A thrum can also be a noun — 'the thrum of the engine', 'a low thrum in the walls'.

A thrumthrum這個字can also be也可以當a noun名詞用——「the thrum of the engine」「引擎的低鳴」、「a low thrum in the walls」「牆裡傳來的低沉悶響」。