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語源 1

From hum +‎ -ing.

動詞

humming

1. present participle of hum

形容詞

humming (comparative more humming, superlative most humming)

1. Making a hum sound.
2. (archaic) Of ale or beer: very strong.
   • 1889, John Bickerdyke, The Curiosities of Ale & Beer: An Entertaining History (page 13)

     But at night crowds of visitors called at his cot, / For he told a right marvellous tale; / Yet a stronger attraction by chance he had got, / A barrel of old humming ale.

派生語

語源 2

From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum +‎ -ing.

名詞

humming (複数形 hummings)

1. The sound of something that hums; a hum.
   • 1969, New York Magazine (volume 2, number 49, 8 December 1969, page 70)

     There are some contemporary additions to these scattered fragments from Shakespeare. Mostly they are songs; sometimes they are various screechings and hummings […]