单词
muse
英 [mju?z]
美[mjuz]
基本信息
- n. 沉思；冥想
- vt. 沉思；沉思地说
- vi. 沉思；凝望
TEM8GRECET6中低频词常用词汇
词态变化
第三人称单数:?muses;过去式:?mused;过去分词:?mused;现在分词:?musing;
中文词源
muse 缪斯女神，智慧女神，灵感，沉思
来自希腊语Mousa,缪斯女神，来自PIE*men,思考，思索，词源同mind,mentor.引申词义灵感，沉思。也有观点认为其沉思义来自拉丁语musum,鼻子，词源同muzzle,原指狗把鼻子在空气中嗅，讽刺人装模作样，假装思考，游荡，若有所思。
英文词源
- muse (v.)
- "to reflect, to be absorbed in thought," mid-14c., from Old French muser (12c.) "to ponder, dream, wonder; loiter, waste time," literally "to stand with one's nose in the air" (or, possibly, "to sniff about" like a dog who has lost the scent), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout," of unknown origin. Probably influenced in sense by muse (n.). Related: Mused; musing.
- muse (n.)
- late 14c., protectors of the arts, from Old French Muse and directly from Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa, "the Muse," also "music, song," from PIE root *men- "to think, remember" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "inspiring goddess of a particular poet" is from late 14c. The traditional names and specialties of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, are: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry, lyric art), Euterpe (music, especially flute), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy).
双语例句
- 1. His muse had deserted him, and he could no longer write.
- 他已无灵感, 不能再写作了.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. However difficult she might have been, this book exalts her as both mother and muse.
- 尽管她可能很难相处，这本书还是对她给予了高度赞扬，称她既是母亲又是诗人。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.
- 很多报纸都在揣测总统的命运。
来自辞典例句
- 5. She muse have been beautiful and is still well - looked.
- 她以前想必很美,现在仍然很好看.
来自辞典例句