muse
沉思
definition
verb
he was musing on the problems he faced
be absorbed in thought.
noun
In ancient Greek mythology, Muses were goddesses of science and art who inspired creative endeavors.
(in Greek and Roman mythology) each of nine goddesses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who preside over the arts and sciences.
It's not only his pet muse these days, but the very definition of his work.
an instance or period of reflection.
translation of 'muse'
verb
暗想,
瞑想
noun
沉思
example
The artist's restless 'muse' and critical intellect enable a confrontation with, and the effort to amend, the society's limiting traditions.
Opportunities do not wait for those who 'muse' and pause for deliberation.
Here those with a literary calling gathered, together with those who required social stimulation to fire their 'muse' .
She was, now in the eyes of people close to him, his 'muse' .
I call it quits for the day, having earned the rituals&em.the long bath, the shave, the afternoon 'muse' .
In the same way that I turned in my external 'muse' a few weeks ago, it's time for me to stop beating myself up over the way I broke his heart.
This sonnet, however, is also a complex poem about the relationship between the poet, her 'muse' , and her reader.
The figure and face of the woman have been the inspirational 'muse' for artists over the centuries.
Almost 50 years after being immortalised by the poet Philip Larkin in a famous anthology, the 'muse' who inspired him is to speak on his legacy.
May Gaskell was the adored last 'muse' of the artist Edward Burne-Jones.
It's not only his pet 'muse' these days, but the very definition of his work.
Switching gender roles may allow the 'muse' / artist relationship to flourish as women become more prominent in the arts and sciences.
The poet's traditional invocation of the 'muse' calls her into being, to sing to him.
My personal favorite was a four-foot tall statue of Terpsichore, the Greek 'muse' of dancing who bore the Sirens.
Within that image he unified three unmanageable forces in his life - nature, the 'muse' , and his mother.
It is difficult to make the transition from a 'muse' to an artist.
Harriet Smithson may have been the 'muse' who inspired Berlioz's most celebrated symphony but she herself dies in obscurity and misery.
Loulou de la Falaise was the archetypal 'muse' , the inspiration for Yves Saint Laurent in the Seventies.
Yeats' 'muse', Maud Gonne
Her beauty inspires him and he takes her to be a 'muse' , a reason and an inspiration to choose a life of art and beauty rather than religious devotion.
Yes, if it's about James Joyce and his 'muse' , the beautiful Nora Barnacle.
According to Western tradition, poetry originates from the poet's passionate but necessarily unfulfilled longing for his 'muse' .
Home from NYC, 'musing' about that and an India that has changed, I had my once-in-several-months run-in with a journalist I know.
Chewing happily, I wander away, 'musing' on the character of a city that seems to have got the melting-pot thing off pat.
He just sat contently, twisting the end of his tie 'musingly' .
I thought I'd work through the lyrics, 'musing' as I go.
She spent a fair bit of time in the tub, 'musing' and contemplating over her current situation and well-being.
‘Daisy's notion,’ Henry 'muses' , ‘that people can't live without stories, is simply not true.’
I was suffering without them, my artists, my 'muses' .
‘Maybe I'm… just not interested… at all,’ he 'mused' silently.
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