um

exclamation
🔊/ʌm/, 🔊/əm/
🔊/ʌm/, 🔊/əm/
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  1. the way of writing the sound that people make when they hesitate, or do not know what to say next(表示犹豫或说话中间停顿)嗯,唔
    • Um, I’m not sure how to ask you this…嗯,我不知道该怎么问你这个…
    Word Originnatural utterance: first recorded in English in the early 17th cent.