muses

英 [ˈmjuːzɪz]

美 [ˈmjuːzɪz]

v.  沉思; 冥想; 沉思地自言自语
muse的第三人称单数

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

双语例句

• A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.
  肚子过撑，脑袋发闷：餐馆里难有灵感。
• As for Favourite, O nymphs and muses!
  至于宠儿，呵，山林中的仙女和缪斯！
• These early experiences, Yan muses, have informed his tough-minded, realist approach to foreign policy.
  他若有所思地说，这些早年间的经历，决定了他在外交政策研究方法上的冷静思维和现实主义。
• The Muses weren't helping me with my astronomy paper.
  我天文学的作业实在是没什么头绪。
• Night is also the time for inspiration and it is told that the muses sing during the nighttime to the gods and to Nyx herself.
  夜晚也是一个灵感喷发的时候。据说，缪斯女神会在夜晚唱歌给诸神和尼克斯听。
• '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’。”
• Have you read my book the Muses are heard?
  你读过我的《缪斯为人们所倾听》么？
• Designers in the Italian fashion capital in a funk about the subprime crisis, the possibility of a recession, and a strong euro that is hurting exports have found fresh muses in the form of the honest worker, dedicated craftsman and fearless traveller.
  意大利时尚之都米兰的设计师，怀着对次贷危机、经济衰退和欧元走强、伤及出口的恐惧，在老实的工人、专注的工匠和无畏的旅行者身上找到了新的灵感。
• Shiki muses that this is, at least, probably the right atmosphere.
  志贵觉得这至少是正确的气氛。
• We have listened too long to the courtly muses of Europe.
  欧洲那种御用的诗才，我们已经听够了。