mused

英 [mjuːzd]

美 [mjuːzd]

v.  沉思; 冥想; 沉思地自言自语
muse的过去分词和过去式

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

双语例句

• "And your husband lets you do this?" Mom mused somewhat disappointedly.
  “那你老公不反对你这么做吗？”老妈谨慎地问道，表情多少有些失望。
• I mused to myself; and sore misgivings came over me that there was slight hope of that.
  我暗自沉思着，一阵痛苦的疑惧涌进我心头，那是很少有希望的。
• 'He is so disinterested and kind to offer me all that I can desire,' Bathsheba mused.
  他是那么善良，毫无私心，把我所能乞求的一切都向我奉献出来了。巴丝谢芭沉思着。
• Guess I'll have to get some better filters, she mused.
  “看来我得买几个好一些的过滤器，”她若有所思地说道。
• He mused: What was God doing before the divine creation?
  他沉吟道：创世之前，上帝在忙什么？
• 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。
• I mused: I had a presentiment in the bottom of my heart that he had better have remained away.
  我冥想着&在我的心底有一种预感，他若是一直留在外乡，那还好些。
• I mused to a classmate.
  我对一位同学说。
• As John Updike mused, most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.
  一如约翰厄普代克（JohnUpdike）所沉思的那样：美国人生活的一大部分，就是开车去往某个地方，然后再开回家，与此同时纳闷自己究竟为何去了那里。
• Later, she mused bitterly: It was treachery with a smile on its face.
  后来，她有些苦涩的说：这是面带微笑的背叛。