英语词汇“muse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	muse
释义	muse I. \ˈmyüz\ verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English musen, from Middle French muser to idle, loiter, muse (probably originally, “to gape, stare”), from muse mouth of an animal, snout, from Medieval Latin musus *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to become absorbed in thought : ruminate < muse upon the continuity and the tragic finality of life — Irving Howe > < its suggestions set the imagination musing — Irwin Edman > b. archaic : to look reflectively < the mind is left to muse upon the solemn scene — William Wordsworth > 2. archaic : to become astonished : wonder, marvel < do not muse at me my most worthy friends — Shakespeare > *transitive verb* 1. archaic : to ask oneself : wonder < muse what this young fox may mean — Matthew Arnold > 2. a. : to ruminate on < mused the question considerably once more — Harper's > b. : to say or think reflectively < I could sell the house, she mused, but then where would I go > 3. obsolete : to puzzle over (a fact or occurrence) : be surprised that < I muse my Lord of Gloucester is not come — Shakespeare > Synonyms: see ponder II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from musen, v. : a state of deep thought or dreamy abstraction : brown study < thrown into a muse by the book she was reading > III. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa; probably akin to Greek mnasthai to remember — more at mind 1. a. usually capitalized : any of nine sister goddesses associated with the Graces in Greek mythology and regarded as presiding over learning and the creative arts (as poetry and music) — usually used in plural < the Muses … gave the poet his song and sang it through his lips — T.B.L.Webster > b. sometimes capitalized : the personification of a guiding genius or principal source of inspiration < an atmosphere in which the muse of serendipity is most likely to be wooed and won — Lamp > 2. sometimes capitalized : the creative spirit of an individual < the situations that tempt his dramatic muse are strained, acute situations — Leslie Rees > < pay the writing schools hard cash to liberate their muse — Edward Uhlan > 3. a. : a composer of songs or verse : poet < so may some gentle muse with lucky words favor my destined urn — John Milton > b. archaic : liberal arts; especially : the creative arts — usually used in plural < his retirement … was to the last devoted to the muses — Connop Thirlwall > IV. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from muser to muse, play the bagpipe — more at muse I 1. : bagpipe 2. : the mouthpiece of a bagpipe V. \ˈmyüs, -üz\ dialect England variant of meuse
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