tum
tum — 名詞
- tumsingular
- tumsplural
1. a child's or playful word for your stomach, or for the soft front part below you
肚子
對胃或腹部的兒語說法
a child's or playful word for your stomach, or for the soft front part below your chest
Yara held her tum and said the soup was too spicy.
Yara 摸著肚子，說那碗湯太辣了。
child speech: say your tum hurts
After the ride, Caleb lay on the grass rubbing his tum.
坐完遊樂設施後，Caleb 躺在草地上揉著肚子。
Nala laughed when the baby kicked against her tum.
寶寶踢到她的肚子時，Nala 笑了。
The doctor pressed Elena's tum gently to check where it hurt.
醫生輕輕按了 Elena 的肚子，看看是哪裡痛。
用法筆記
Mainly used with young children or in playful family talk. Adults usually say 'stomach' in neutral conversation.
tum — 動詞
- tumpresent simple I / you / we / they
- tums3rd person singular
- tumming-ing form
- tummedpast simple
1. to separate and fluff wool so it is ready for later carding or spinning
梳鬆羊毛
紡紗前先把羊毛弄鬆
to separate and fluff wool so it is ready for later carding or spinning
At the mill, Soraya tummed the wet wool before carding began.
在工廠裡，Soraya 在梳毛開始前先把濕羊毛梳鬆。
tum + wool in textile work
The worker used a light comb to tum each fleece by hand.
那名工人用輕巧的梳具，徒手把每束羊毛梳鬆。
An old guide shows workers how to tum wool for smoother spinning.
一本舊指南會說明如何先把羊毛梳鬆，好讓紡線更順。
In winter, the team tummed rough wool beside the drying stove.
冬天時，那群工人會在烘乾爐旁把粗羊毛梳鬆。
文法句型
tum + wool
tum + fleece
用法筆記
Used in old or specialist textile contexts. The object is usually wool or fleece before later carding or spinning.
2. to make a low repeated drum sound, especially in a tum-tum rhythm
咚咚作響
發出低沉反覆的鼓聲
to make a low repeated drum sound, especially in a tum-tum rhythm
The toy drum tummed softly while Apinya marched around the room.
Apinya 在房間裡踏步時，那面玩具鼓輕輕咚咚作響。
imitative drum sound
From the street below, festival drums tummed long after midnight.
直到半夜過後，街下的節慶鼓聲還在咚咚作響。
In the dark hall, one drum tummed before the song began.
在昏暗的大廳裡，歌開始前先有一面鼓咚咚作響。
Behind the curtain, two small drums tummed a slow welcome.
布簾後方有兩面小鼓慢慢咚咚作響，迎接來客。
文法句型
drums tum
tum + softly
tum + in the dark
用法筆記
Very rare and mostly imitative or literary. It describes the sound itself, not the general action of playing music.