单词	muse
释义	muse1 verbmuse2 noun musemuse1 /mjuːz/ verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINmuse1 Origin: 1300-1400 Old French muser, from muse ‘mouth of an animal’; ➔ MUZZLE1 Verb Table VERB TABLE muse Simple Form Present I, you, we, they muse he, she, it muses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they mused Present perfect I, you, we, they have mused he, she, it has mused Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had mused Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will muse Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have mused Continuous Form Present I am musing he, she, it is musing you, we, they are musing Past I, he, she, it was musing you, we, they were musing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been musing he, she, it has been musing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been musing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be musing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been musing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES "I wonder why she was killed," mused Poirot. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A number of key executives mused aloud on the prospect of early retirement. How different things seem with a little light on the subject, I mused. Otherwise, Shamlou mused, he resembled a photographic negative. Perhaps, mused the pundits, he is needed now - at the very top. Repeating the title, we muse over what the book will probably be about. Three cheers for Nantucket, he muses, and the Devil do what he will with me. What a doleful and mocking funeral, Ishmael muses. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► on · I start musing on how it is we do find ourselves on the same side. ► over · He mused over it, thinking about Blackbeard's sweat and his icy rage.· Repeating the title, we muse over what the book will probably be about.· As he walked towards the towering ship, he mused over his good fortune.· Though each portrait was essentially a straight forward head-shot, we are given far more to muse over than a strange face. 1[transitive] to say something in a way that shows you are thinking about it carefully:  ‘Somewhere,’ he mused, ‘I’ve heard your name before.’2[intransitive] to think about something for a long time SYN  pondermuse on/over/about/upon He mused on how different his life would have been, had he not met Louisa.—musing noun [countable, uncountable]:  her gloomy musings—musingly adverb muse1 verbmuse2 noun musemuse2 noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmuse2 Origin: 1300-1400 French, Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Maud Gonne was the muse of W.B. Yeats, the Irish poet. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS At times like that do you despair, turn to drink to try and coax back the muse? It is profitable, but it leaves the comic muse high and dry. She still puts in occasional appearances, Graves concluded in all sincerity, as a muse to poets like himself! Soon she is up in the studio mixing his paints and dreaming of becoming her master's muse. word sets WORD SETS► ARTS aesthete, nounagitprop, nounart gallery, nounartist, nounartwork, nounavant-garde, adjectivebaroque, adjectivecapture, verbceramics, nouncharacter, nounclassical, adjectiveclassicism, nouncompere, nouncontemporary, adjectiveconvention, nouncreative, adjectivecritical, adjectivecrossover, nouncubism, nouncultural, adjectiveculturally, adverbculture, nouncurator, nouncycle, noundrama, nouneisteddfod, nounepic, nouneponymous, adjectiveerotic, adjectiveerotica, nouneroticism, nounexhibit, verbexhibit, nounexhibition, nounexpress, verbexpression, nounexpressionism, nounextract, nounfictionalize, verbfigurine, nounfin de siècle, adjectiveflashback, nounformalism, nounfuturism, nounglaze, verbglaze, nounGothic, adjectivehandcrafted, adjectivehandicraft, nounhandmade, adjectivehigh priest, nounhistorical, adjectiveinterpretation, nounItalianate, adjectivelowbrow, adjectivemagnum opus, nounmarquetry, nounmasterpiece, nounmasterwork, nounmature, adjectivemedium, nounMFA, nounmiddlebrow, adjectiveminimalism, nounmotif, nounmuse, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounneoclassical, adjectivenotice, nounoeuvre, nounoffering, nounopening, adjectiveopus, nounpan, verbparody, nounpastiche, nounpattern, nounpiece, nounpop art, nounportfolio, nounpostmodernism, nounprequel, nounpreview, nounproduce, verbproduction, nounrealism, nounrealistic, adjectiverehash, verbreview, nounreview, verbromantic, nounromanticism, nounroyalty, nounrubbish, nounsalon, nounscenario, nounscene, nounsensuous, adjectivesentimental, adjectivesequel, nounsequence, nounset piece, nounsetting, nounShakespearean, adjectiveshowing, nounskit, nounstory, nounstudio, nounstylistic, adjectivesurrealism, nounswansong, nounsynopsis, nountitle, nountrilogy, nountwo-dimensional, adjectiveuncut, adjectiveunexpurgated, adjectivevillain, nounwork, nounwork of art, noun 1someone’s muse is the force or person that makes them want to write, paint, or make music, and helps them to have good ideas SYN  inspiration:  Rossetti’s wife and creative muse2 (also Muse) one of the nine ancient Greek goddesses who each represented a particular art or science:  the Muse of History
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