muse /mjuːz/ TEM8 ( musing, mused, muses )

• 1. 

  V-T/V-I If you muse on something, you think about it, usually saying or writing what you are thinking at the same time. 揣摩 [书面]

  例：

  Many of the papers muse on the fate of the president.

  许多报纸在揣测总统的命运。

  例：

  "As a whole," she muses, "the `organized church' turns me off."

  “总的来说，”她若有所思地说，“‘组织严密的教会’让我厌烦。”

• 2. 

  musing N-COUNT 沉思

  例：

  His musings were interrupted by Montagu who came and sat down next to him.

  蒙塔古来到他旁边坐下时，他的思绪被打断了。

• 3. 

  N a goddess that inspires a creative artist, esp a poet (尤指给诗人带来灵感的)女神; 创作女神

• 4. 

  N any of nine sister goddesses, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science. Daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, the nine are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania 缪斯; 九位文艺和科学保护女神的通称，宙斯和记忆女神摩涅莫辛涅的女儿 [Greek myth]