| 释义 |
museful, a.|ˈmjuːzfʊl|
[f. muse n.2 + -ful.]
Absorbed in thought; thoughtful, pensive.
a1618Sylvester Maiden's Blush 185 In musefull care his Joseph calls hee quicke. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arc. i. 541 Full of museful Mopings, which presage The loss of Reason. a1810C. B. Brown Carwin, etc. (1822) II. 52 She was sitting in a museful posture. 1885G. Meredith Diana of Crossways i, She is apt to spin it out of a museful mind, at her toilette, or by the lonely fire.
Hence ˈmusefully adv., in a museful manner.
1885G. Meredith Diana of Crossways III. xiv. 276 Musefully listening, nursing a thought. |