muse

US [mjuz]
UK [mjuːz]
  • v.沉思；冥想；沉思地自言自语
  • n.（作家、画家等的）灵感；创作冲动的源泉
  • Web缪斯；缪斯乐队；谬思
Simple Present：muses  Present Participle：musing  Past Tense：mused  

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MUSE
n.
1.
（作家、画家等的）灵感；创作冲动的源泉a person or spirit that gives a writer, painter, etc. ideas and the desire to create things
He felt that his muse had deserted him(= that he could no longer write, paint, etc.) .
他觉得他已失去了创作灵感。
2.
缪斯（古希腊和罗马神话中执掌诗歌、音乐和其他文学艺术分支的九位女神之一）(in ancient Greek and Roman stories) one of the nine goddesses who encouraged poetry, music and other branches of art and literature
v.
1.
[i]
~ (about/on/over/upon sth)
沉思；冥想to think carefully about sth for a time, ignoring what is happening around you
I sat quietly, musing on the events of the day.
我静静地坐着，沉思一天中所发生的事。
2.
[t]
+ speech.~ that…
沉思地自言自语to say sth to yourself in a way that shows you are thinking carefully about it
‘I wonder why?’ she mused.
“这是为什么呢？”她若有所思地问自己。

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1.
This would allow me to put the shoe on the other foot, if I wanted to and play muse or employer.
这意味着我可以把工作给其他人做，自己则可以做雇主来进行创造和思考。
zhè yì wèi zhe wǒ kě yǐ bǎ gōng zuò gěi qí tā rén zuò , zì jǐ zé kě yǐ zuò gù zhǔ lái jìn xíng chuàng zào hé sī kǎo 。
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2.
McGonagall was a textile industry worker who began writing poetry at the age of 47 after a " muse " visited him in his dundee apartment .
迈贡纳高是一个纺织工人，他47岁时一位“缪斯”造访了他在邓迪的公寓，随后他就开始写诗。
mài gòng nà gāo shì yī gè fǎng zhī gōng rén , tā sì shí qī suì shí yī wèi " miù sī " zào fǎng le tā zài dèng dí de gōng yù , suí hòu tā jiù kāi shǐ xiě shī 。
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3.
They are early people, I'm glad to say, and his eyes seemed to muse over the proper fold for these damp sheep.
我很高兴地说，他们都是些早睡早起的人；他的眼光似乎默默在考虑这些湿漉漉的教徒应该在哪里过夜才合适。
wǒ hěn gāo xìng de shuō , tā men dōu shì xiē zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ de rén ; tā de yǎn guāng sì hū mò mò zài kǎo lǜ zhè xiē shī lū lū de jiào tú yīng gāi zài nǎ lǐ guò yè cái hé shì 。
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4.
As I walk along the road, I MUSE on what I shall say.
我沿著大路一边走一边想著该说些什麽。
wǒ yán zhù dà lù yì biān zǒu yì biān xiǎng zhù gāi shuō xiē shén mó 。
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5.
Yet he did not always take his cue from Thalia, the muse of comedy.
然而，他并不总是把他从塔利亚，缪斯的喜剧线索。
rán ér , tā bìng bù zǒng shì bǎ tā cóng tǎ lì yà , miù sī de xǐ jù xiàn suǒ 。
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6.
To men of letters, Spring is always the goddess Muse. There has never been scarcity of singing for Spring whenever and wherever.
春一直是文人墨客的缪斯女神，古今中外，歌颂春天的诗句数不胜数。
chūn yì zhí shì wén rén mò kè de miù sī nǚ shén , gǔ jīn zhōng wài , gē sòng chūn tiān de shī jù shǔ bú shèng shǔ 。
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7.
The additional people still muse that I panicked him, in the near future how take dictate of brocade wear Wei?
别人还以为我怕了他，今后怎么掌管锦衣卫？
bié rén hái yǐ wéi wǒ pà le tā , jīn hòu zěn me zhǎng guǎn jǐn yī wèi ?
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8.
But she would often clasp her hands behind her head and muse when she was supposed to be working hard.
但是，在别人以为她用劲干活的时候，她却经常把两手抱在脑后，在那儿想心思。
dàn shì , zài bié rén yǐ wéi tā yòng jìn gàn huó de shí hou , tā què jīng cháng bǎ liǎng shǒu bào zài nǎo hòu , zài nà er xiǎng xīn si 。
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9.
Once more the muse, and the magical light of the Riviera, came to his rescue.
这时，又一次，艺术之神和里维埃拉神奇的光线拯救了他。
zhè shí , yòu yī cì , yì shù zhī shén hé lǐ wéi āi lā shén qí de guāng xiàn zhěng jiù le tā 。
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10.
Now, it looks as if designers have moved on from the first lady to adopt Xerox Chairman Anne Mulcahy as a muse.
眼下，设计师们的灵感来源似乎已经从第一夫人米歇尔身上转移到了施乐（Xerox）董事长安妮-麦卡伊（AnneMulcahy）。
yǎn xià , shè jì shī men de líng gǎn lái yuán sì hū yǐ jīng cóng dì yī fū rén mǐ xiē ěr shēn shàng zhuǎn yí dào le shī lè ( Xerox ) dǒng shì zhǎng ān nī - mài kǎ yī ( AnneMulcahy ) 。
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