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

• He was musing upon the rushing torrents of the river.
  他在凝望着激流奔腾的河水。
• 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。
• I musing late in the autumn day, gazing off southward.
  我在秋日里沉思迟迟，望断南凝汽。
• All that winter Eugene kept to his gloomy room, reading and musing.
  整个冬天，叶甫盖尼守在他那阴暗的房间里读书和沉思。
• The incongruous falsetto voice took on a musing note. At length the lady of the caravan shook off her fit of meditation.
  那个不相称的假嗓子里带着一种沉思的声调。最后车上那个女子抛弃了她那一阵的沉思。
• The veteran worker's words set his mind musing.
  老工人的话使他沉思起来。
• She sat, looking into the cloudy mirror, musing.
  她凝视着朦胧的镜子，坐着陷入了沉思。
• He sat musing on my remark.
  他坐在那儿，对我的话左思右想。
• 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。
• SITTING in a booth in a classic Manhattan diner, Dan Doctoroff, clad in jeans and a short-sleeved shirt, is sipping a diet soda and musing about the city he loves.
  那是一家典型的曼哈顿餐馆，DanDoctoroff身着牛仔裤和短袖衬衫，一边啜着无糖苏打一边赞美着这座他深爱的城市。