| 单词 | muse |
| 释义 | muse (once / 347 pages) 1v 2n As a verb, to muse is to consider something thoughtfully. As a noun, it means a person — especially a woman — who is a source of artistic inspiration. In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the arts and sciences. Today, a muse is a person who serves as an artist's inspiration. Often filmmakers talk about a certain actor being a muse — meaning the actor inspired a movie. Writers, painters, musicians, and other artists have muses. Muse can also refer to thinking deeply. If you muse about something, you're giving it serious thought. You can't muse in five seconds. People muse on certain ideas for years. WORD FAMILYmuse: mused, muser, muses, musing+/muser: musers/musing: musingly, musings USAGE EXAMPLESFor engraver Jennifer Bower, the muse is never far away. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Amid the thunderous crowd, he fell to musing. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Barrett worked together as counselors at an elite passing camp, they mused about one day facing off in the College Football Playoff. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 v reflect deeply on a subject 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper chew over, contemplate, excogitate, meditate, mull, mull over, ponder, reflect, ruminate, speculate, think over premeditate think or reflect beforehand or in advance theologise, theologizemake theoretical speculations about theology or discuss theological subjects introspectreflect on one's own thoughts and feelings bethinkconsider or ponder something carefully cogitateconsider carefully and deeply; reflect upon; turn over in one's mind question, wonderplace in doubt or express doubtful speculation puzzlebe uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide consider, studygive careful consideration to factor, factor in, factor outconsider as relevant when making a decision compare, equate, likenconsider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous scruplehave doubts about cerebrate, cogitate, think use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments n the source of an artist's inspiration Euterpe was his muse Hyper germ, seed, source anything that provides inspiration for later work Muse (once / 3208 pages) n WORD FAMILY Muse USAGE EXAMPLESWhite points out a huge and extraordinary piece from 1966 called Mud Muse. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) “I wouldn’t be surprised to see that rescinded,” said Robert Muse, a Washington-based lawyer who advises companies interested in doing business in Cuba. Wall Street Journal(Nov 27, 2016) Several hundred fighters jointly attacked army and police stations at three areas in northern Shan State, including near Muse, Burma’s main border gate with China. Time(Nov 23, 2016) n in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science Exp|Hyper Calliope (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry Clio(Greek mythology) the Muse of history Erato(Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry Euterpe(Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute) Melpomene(Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy Polyhymnia(Greek mythology) the Muse of singing and mime and sacred dance Terpsichore(Greek mythology) the Muse of the dance and of choral song Thalia(Greek mythology) the Muse of comedy and pastoral poetry Urania(Greek mythology) the Muse of astronomy Greek deity a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks |
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