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As a verb, to muse means to think quietly and slowly about something, often gazing off into the distance while you do it — 'she mused about her future' means she thought about it calmly, without rushing to a conclusion. As a noun, a muse is a person, or sometimes an idea or place, that inspires an artist and gives them ideas — the word comes from the Muses, goddesses of art and inspiration in ancient Greek stories. A painter might call their favorite model their 'muse.'
(動詞)沉思、思忖;(名詞)繆思、靈感來源
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Musenoun詞源 1/mjuːz/
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One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
- And hears the Muſes in a ring, Ay round about Joves Altar ſing.
Musename詞源 2
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A city in Shan State, Myanmar.
Musename詞源 3
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A surname.
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
musenoun詞源 1/mjuːz/
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Of a person: a source of inspiration.
- Yoko Ono was John Lennon's wife, lover, and muse.
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archaicA poet; a bard.
- My toung-tide Muſe in manners holds her ſtill, While comments of your praiſe richly compil'd, Reſerue their Character with goulden quill, And precious phraſe by all the Muſes fil’d.
- So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn
museverb詞源 2/mjuːz/
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To become lost in thought, to ponder.
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To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
- When I asked about her affinity for playing self-obsessed artists, O’Hara mused: “Maybe I’m just trying to get it out of my system. I’m so afraid to be like that.”
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:muse.
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To think on; to meditate on.
- Come, then, expressive Silence, muse his praise.
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; […]; or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.
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To wonder at.
- Muse not that I thus suddenly proceed; for what I will, I will, and there an end.
musenoun詞源 2/mjuːz/
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An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
- still he sate long time astonished / As in great muse, ne word to creature spake.
- And with this Alan fell into a muse, and for a long time sate^([sic]) very sad and silent.
musenoun詞源 3/mjuːz/
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A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
- Find a hare without a muse. (old proverb)
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。