muse

• n. 沉思；冥想
• vt. 沉思；沉思地說(shuō)
• vi. 沉思；凝望

來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)Mousa,繆斯女神，來(lái)自PIE*men,思考，思索，詞源同mind,mentor.引申詞義靈感，沉思。也有觀點(diǎn)認(rèn)為其沉思義來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)musum,鼻子，詞源同muzzle,原指狗把鼻子在空氣中嗅，諷刺人裝模作樣，假裝思考，游蕩，若有所思。

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).

1. His muse had deserted him, and he could no longer write.

他已無(wú)靈感, 不能再寫(xiě)作了.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

2. However difficult she might have been, this book exalts her as both mother and muse.

盡管她可能很難相處，這本書(shū)還是對(duì)她給予了高度贊揚(yáng)，稱她既是母親又是詩(shī)人。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse.

她曾是法國(guó)畫(huà)家亨利·馬蒂斯的人體模特和靈感女神。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.

很多報(bào)紙都在揣測(cè)總統(tǒng)的命運(yùn)。

來(lái)自辭典例句

5. She muse have been beautiful and is still well - looked.

她以前想必很美,現(xiàn)在仍然很好看.

來(lái)自辭典例句