musing

英 [ˈmjuːzɪŋ]

美 [ˈmjuːzɪŋ]

n.  沉思; 冥想; 诉说想法
v.  沉思; 冥想; 沉思地自言自语
muse的现在分词

复数：musings　现在分词：musing　

BNC.33568 / COCA.17324

牛津词典

noun

• 沉思；冥想；诉说想法
  a period of thinking carefully about sth or telling people your thoughts about it
  1. We had to sit and listen to his musings on life.
     我们只好坐着听他谈论人生。

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

英英释义

noun

• a calm, lengthy, intent consideration
  Synonym:contemplationreflectionreflexionruminationthoughtfulness

adj

• deeply or seriously thoughtful
  1. Byron lives on not only in his poetry, but also in his creation of the 'Byronic hero' - the persona of a brooding melancholy young man
  Synonym:broodingbroodycontemplativemeditativepensiveponderingreflectiveruminative

双语例句

• Still grows the vivacious lilac a generation after the door and lintel and the sill are gone, unfolding its sweet-scented flowers each spring, to be plucked by the musing traveller;
  而在门框，门楣，门槛都消失了一世代之后，生机勃勃的丁香花还是生长着，每年春天展开它的芳香的花朵，给沉思的旅行者去摘；
• The marvel of Nature shaking off sleep and going to work unfolded itself to the musing boy.
  大自然甩脱睡眠和开始活动的奇景展示在这惊奇的孩子面前了。
• The cloudy day of July is long today, and I have been musing over all those games in life wherein I was loser.
  今天，七月的阴天是漫长的，我在默忆我生命中以我为失败者的一切游戏。
• He drew back his chair, clasped his hands over his head, and gave himself up to dull and arid musing.
  他把椅子往后退了一下，扭住双手放在头上，陷入了呆滞乏味的沉思。
• He slouched off across Broadway, and Archer stood looking after him and musing on his last words.
  他没精打采地穿过百老汇大街走了，阿切尔站在那儿望着他的背影，品味着他最后的几句话。
• He sat musing on my remark.
  他坐在那儿，对我的话左思右想。
• She sat musing over the memories of the past.
  她坐着缅怀往事。
• The solitary child lived on, surrounded by this arabesque work of his musing fancy, and no one understood him.
  这孤独的孩子就这样继续生活着；他沉思的想象所构造出的奇异的形象围绕着他；没有人了解他。
• Walking closer to the maple, I touched its rough skin, feeling its serenity after vicissitudes and musing over its spirit.
  我走近古树，用手抚摸那粗糙的皮肤，感受着这历经沧桑之后的宁静，品味着枫树的价值。
• And musing there an hour alone.
  我独自在那里冥想一刻钟。