mused

英 [mjuːzd]

美 [mjuːzd]

v.  沉思; 冥想; 沉思地自言自语
muse的过去分词和过去式

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

• 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。
• I mused to a classmate.
  我对一位同学说。
• Like Kennedy, he mused about the perils of nuclear war.
  同肯尼迪一样，他念念不忘核战争的危险。
• I mused to myself; and sore misgivings came over me that there was slight hope of that.
  我暗自沉思着，一阵痛苦的疑惧涌进我心头，那是很少有希望的。
• As I walked along the road, I mused on what I should say.
  我沿着大路一边走一边想着该说些什么。
• "Really? Would you look at that scowl!" she mused as he came closer.
  “当真？你愿意看一下那张不乐的脸吗！”她若有所思说，此时，他走得更近了。
• As John Updike mused, most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
  一如约翰厄普代克（JohnUpdike）所沉思的那样：美国人生活的一大部分，就是开车去往某个地方，然后再开回家，与此同时纳闷自己究竟为何去了那里。
• He mused: What was God doing before the divine creation?
  他沉吟道：创世之前，上帝在忙什么？
• I showed the hole to God, and mused," I wonder where my sarrows could be. "
  我让上帝看那个洞，若有所思地说：“我想知道我的悲伤在哪儿呢？”
• He mused on what he had heard.
  他对听到的话左思右想。