musing

柯林斯詞典

muse /mju?z/ (musing,mused,muses)

• 1. V-T/V-I If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. 揣摩[書面]

  Many of the papers muse on the fate of the president. 許多報(bào)紙?jiān)诖y(cè)總統(tǒng)的命運(yùn)。

  "As a whole," she muses, "the `organized church' turns me off."

  “總的來說，”她若有所思地說，“‘組織嚴(yán)密的教會(huì)’讓我厭煩?！?/p>

• 2. musingN-COUNT 沉思

  His musings were interrupted by Montagu who came and sat down next to him. 蒙塔古來到他旁邊坐下時(shí)，他的思緒被打斷了。

• 3. N a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet (尤指給詩(shī)人帶來靈感的)女神; 創(chuàng)作女神

• 4. N any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania 繆斯; 九位文藝和科學(xué)保護(hù)女神的通稱，宙斯和記憶女神摩涅莫辛涅的女兒[Greek myth]

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