Word · Frequency #9108
Muse
灵感来源；创作灵感
A person or thing that inspires someone, especially an artist or writer.
指给人灵感的人或事物。
- 1.
Of a person: a source of inspiration.
(指人)灵感之源。
- 2.
An act of musing; a period of thoughtfulness.
沉思的行为；一段深思的时期。
- 3.
A gap or hole in a hedge, fence, etc. through which a wild animal is accustomed to pass; a muset.
树篱、围栏等上供野生动物习惯穿过的缺口或洞；兽径。
- 4.
One of the nine Ancient Greek deities of the arts.
九位古希腊艺术女神之一。
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。
In use
The painter considered the old forest her primary muse.
He spent years searching for a new muse to inspire his music.
Ancient myths often served as the muse for Renaissance artists.
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.
她是这位画家多年的灵感源泉。
Common mistakes
She is my amuse.She is my muse.
受中文“缪斯”发音影响，学习者容易将 muse 与动词 amuse 混淆。muse 是名词，意为“灵感源泉”；amuse 是动词，意为“逗乐”。
Connections
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
- In Greek mythology, Calliope is the muse of poetry.在希腊神话中，卡利俄珀是诗之缪斯。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
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。
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。
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/.
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。
Learn the forms together
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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