muse

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /mjuːz/    美 /mjuz/|/mjʉːz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Of a person: a source of inspiration.
    — Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.
  2. An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
    — still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
  3. A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
    — Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)
  4. A poet; a bard. archaic
    — My toung-tide Muſe in manners holds her ſtill, While comments of your praiſe richly compil'd, Reſerue their Character with goulden quill, And precious phraſe by all the Muſes fil’d.
动词 v.
  1. To become lost in thought, to ponder. intransitive
  2. To say (something) with due consideration or thought. transitive
    — When I asked about her affinity for playing self-obsessed artists, O’Hara mused: “Maybe I’m just trying to get it out of my system. I’m so afraid to be like that.”
  3. To think on; to meditate on. transitive
    — Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
  4. To wonder at. transitive
    — Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end.

词形变化

muses plural muses present,singular,third-person musing participle,present mused participle,past mused past muses plural muses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
bemuse green muse museful museless muselike
相关词
museum music muser musing amuse

词源

词源 1
From Middle French muse, from Latin Mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa).
词源 2
From Middle English musen, from Old French muser.
词源 3
From French musse. See muset.
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