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

• When he muses on whether the widening income gap is the result of boardroom greed or, as I am assured, the natural and God-given talent of boardroom inhabitants, he makes clear which side he is on.
  当他沉思自问收入差距的扩大是源自高管们的贪婪，还是像我相信的那样，源自高管们天生、天赋的才干时，他已表明了自己是站在哪一边的。
• 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。
• "Wong Kar Wai still has not given me the script yet," muses Leung, tracing circles on the top of the side table with a manicured finger.
  “王家卫还是没有给我剧本，”梁沉思着道，修饰整齐的手指在桌子边划着圆圈。
• 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。
• The Diamond Castle, Melody explains, is the home of all music, where three musical muses once resided-until one evil muse, Lydia, tried to take the castle for herself.
  钻石城堡，美洛蒂解释说，是所有音乐的家，三个音乐缪丝永久居住的地方。直到一个邪恶的缪丝丽迪亚，企图将钻石城堡据为己有。
• 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。
• 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。
• Tang says he and his artistic peers share a natural bond with young audiences, because their Muses are often memories and images shared by the whole generation.
  唐博表示，他和本专业的其他同学与作品的年轻受众们有一种天然的内在联系，因为他们的创作灵感经常来源于同辈人所共有的记忆与画面。
• 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。