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 discovered that while he sat helplessly musing he had also been writing, as though by automatic action.
  原来方才他坐在这里无助地沉思，手却始终没有停笔，如同在自动地工作。
• He was musing upon the rushing torrents of the river.
  他在凝望着激流奔腾的河水。
• 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。
• 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。
• I stepped out musing, and almost walked over a vagabond who was eating his dinner on the curbstone.
  我一边沉思，一边走出去，差点没踩在一个流浪汉身上，他正坐在街沿石上吃饭。
• When he entered there, however, he found his wife brushing her hair and musing to herself the while.
  但是当他走进去时，他发现他妻子正在用刷子梳理头发，一边刷，一边在沉思。
• I couldnot help musing about my future. I couldnot stay the same as before! If so, I would be nothing.
  我禁不住想到自己的未来，我不能再像以前那样，如果那样，我将一事无成！
• While I was musing upon these things, my attention was attracted by a pretty little structure, like a well under a cupola.
  正当我在思索这些事情时，我的注意力被圆顶下一个井一样美丽的建筑吸引住了。
• At first, Martin had done nothing but rest. He had slept a great deal, and spent long hours musing and thinking and doing nothing.
  起初马丁除了休息什么事都不做，睡了很多觉，花了很多时间沉思默想。
• Thus little Paul sat musing, listening, looking on, and dreaming; and was very happy.
  小保罗就这样坐在那里沉思着，听着。看着，做着梦，感到很快乐。