humph
/an inarticulate expression resembling a snort; spelling pronunciation huhmf/US // an inarticulate expression resembling a snort; spelling pronunciation hʌmf //UK // (spelling pron hʌmf) //
嗡嗡声,哼哼,嗡嗡,哼哼唧唧
Definitions
interj.感叹词 interjection
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- : to utter by or as if by expressing “humph.”
Examples
"Humph," grunted Grace, unsympathetically, as she prepared to climb into her berth again.
"Humph, please change the names to Sam and Grace and you'll hit it closer," answered Tom, his face growing red.
If she ain't twice as smart as the run of young ones 'round here then—Humph!
Humph, said Sikes, as if he thought the interest lay rather more on the Jews side than on his.
Humph, he thought, if youd just heard what I have, a whole lot of you would be getting the doctor to fix you up seasick remedies.
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