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

• Only half finished, his growth is halted, and he muses in vain for a solution to his problem.
  生长才进行到一半就停止了，他静静想著解决办法，却只是白费力气。
• A mountain in central Greece where ( according to Greek mythology) the Muses lived; known as the mythological home of music and poetry.
  西腊中部一座山，根据希腊神话，缪斯就生活在这里；在神话中被认为是音乐和诗的故乡而闻名。
• 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。
• 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。
• With his gold lyre and his sweet voice he led the choir of the Muses.
  他手拿金里拉，用悦耳的声音指挥着缪斯女神的合唱队。
• 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。
• Then she thought of killing herself out of shame and sorrow. But the Muses took pity upon Ariadne.
  接着，她想用自杀来结束耻辱和悲痛。然而缪斯女神们对她动了恻隐之心。
• I don't know who the nine Muses were, but ask Gill-she's a mine of information.
  我不知道缪斯九女神是谁，但你可以去问吉尔&她学识渊博。
• 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。
• 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。