muse

英 [mjuːz]

美 [mjuːz]

n.  (作家、画家等的)灵感; 创作冲动的源泉; 缪斯(古希腊和罗马神话中执掌诗歌、音乐和其他文学艺术分支的九位女神之一)
v.  沉思; 冥想; 沉思地自言自语

过去式：mused　复数：muses　现在分词：musing　第三人称单数：muses　过去分词：mused　

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Collins.2 / BNC.9108 / COCA.8874

牛津词典

noun

• （作家、画家等的）灵感；创作冲动的源泉
  a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things
  1. He felt that his muse had deserted him (= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.) .
     他觉得他已失去了创作灵感。
• 缪斯（古希腊和罗马神话中执掌诗歌、音乐和其他文学艺术分支的九位女神之一）
  (in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature

verb

• 沉思；冥想
  to think carefully about sth for a time, ignoring what is happening around you
  1. I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
     我静静地坐着，沉思一天中所发生的事。
• 沉思地自言自语
  to say sth to yourself in a way that shows you are thinking carefully about it
  1. ‘I wonder why?’ she mused.
     “这是为什么呢？”她若有所思地问自己。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉思;冥想;若有所思地说(或写)
  If youmuseon something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time.
  1. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President...
     很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。
  2. 'As a whole,' she muses, 'the 'organized church' turns me off'...
     她沉思道：“总的来说，我不喜欢‘制度森严的教会’。”
  3. He once mused that he would have voted Labour in 1964 had he been old enough.
     他曾思忖过，如果1964年时自己够年龄了，他就会投工党的票。
• N-COUNT (给画家、诗人或音乐家带来灵感的)女神，创作女神
  Amuseis a person, usually a woman, who gives someone, usually a man, a desire to create art, poetry, or music, and gives them ideas for it.
  1. Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse.
     她曾是法国画家亨利·马蒂斯的人体模特和灵感女神。
  2. ...the muses who fuel his inspiration.
     给他以灵感的人们

英英释义

noun

• the source of an artist's inspiration
  1. Euterpe was his muse

verb

• reflect deeply on a subject
  1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
  2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
  3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
  Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatereflectmullmull overruminatespeculate

双语例句

• Apparently, the3-year-old is her mother's fashion muse.
  很显然，这个3岁的女孩绝对是她妈妈的时尚缪斯。
• Your love is your muse but not your possession.
  你的爱是你自己的想法而非真正占有。
• Well, I could tell a pretty fair tale when the muse with me.
  嗯，当灵感迸发的时候，我总是能讲些不错的童话故事。
• I muse later it is possibly the way her parents teach.
  后来，我想到这可能是她父母的教育方式。
• Music is my muse.
  音乐是我的女神。
• My Muse may be excused if she is silent henceforth.
  我的缪斯女神如果沉默了，她是情有可原的。
• His muse had deserted him, and he could no longer write.
  他已无灵感，不能再写作了。
• So oft have I invoked thee for my Muse.
  我已经多次祈求你赐我灵感。
• Yet she cared for me and I called her my muse.
  尽管她很在乎我，我也将她称作我的女神。
• "Heavens! What a voice!" the doctor laughed and handed me over to a smiling Muse nearby.
  医生笑了，“可了不得，这么大的声音！”一个看护站在旁边，微笑的将我接了过去。