Word · Frequency #9108
Muse
灵感来源；创作灵感
核心释义
指给人灵感的人或事物。
A person or thing that inspires someone, especially an artist or writer.
- 1.
(指人)灵感之源。
Of a person: a source of inspiration.
- 2.
沉思的行为；一段深思的时期。
An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
- 3.
树篱、围栏等上供野生动物习惯穿过的缺口或洞；兽径。
A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
- 4.
九位古希腊艺术女神之一。
One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
缪斯；文艺女神；沉思；冥想；兽径缺口；栅栏洞；(指人)灵感之源。；沉思的行为；一段深思的时期。
用法In use
The painter considered the old forest her primary muse.
用法提示：muse作为名词，意为“灵感源泉”，句中作宾语。
He spent years searching for a new muse to inspire his music.
用法提示：muse作为名词，指代激发艺术家灵感的对象。
Ancient myths often served as the muse for Renaissance artists.
用法提示：muse作为名词，表示艺术创作的灵感来源或缪斯女神。
the muse of [domain]
Calliope is the muse of epic poetry.
卡利俄珀是史诗的缪斯。
someone's muse
muse 指给予艺术家灵感的人或事物。
She was the painter's muse for many years.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- my muse
- 我的缪斯
- She has been my muse for years.多年来她一直是我的缪斯。
- find one's muse
- 找到灵感源泉
- The painter traveled to Italy to find his muse.这位画家前往意大利寻找他的灵感源泉。
- lose one's muse
- 失去灵感
- After the breakup, he felt he had lost his muse.分手后，他觉得失去了灵感。
- serve as a muse
- 充当缪斯
- She served as a muse for many famous artists.她充当了许多著名艺术家的缪斯。
- muse of poetry
- 诗之缪斯
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
缪斯女神（Muse）让你陷入沉思（muse）——词义相通，记住女神与思考的关联。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：沉思、冥想 该词作名词时表示沉思或冥想的状态，常用于书面或正式场合，口语中较少使用。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words like fuse, abuse, amuse, confuse, diffuse, and peruse share the stressed vowel /uː/ and ending /z/ with muse, forming a true rhyme. Beware of words like 'mouse' which look similar but have /aʊs/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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