Word · Frequency #9108
musing
沉思；冥想
musing is the present participle of muse.
To become lost in thought; to think deeply or meditate.
- 1.
To become lost in thought, to ponder.
陷入沉思,思考。
- 2.
To say (something) with due consideration or thought.
深思熟虑地说出。
- 3.
To think on; to meditate on.
思考；冥想。
- 4.
To wonder at.
感到惊奇；惊叹。
若有所思地说；对…感到惊奇；诧异；陷入沉思,思考。；深思熟虑地说出。；思考；冥想。
In use
She sat by the window and mused about her future career.
The poet often muses on the beauty of nature.
He mused over the problem for hours before finding a solution.
muse on/over/about sth
muse常与介词on/over/about连用，表示对某事的沉思。
She sat by the window, musing on the meaning of life.
她坐在窗边，沉思人生的意义。
muse + that clause
muse后可接that从句，引出沉思的具体内容。
He mused that the world might never be the same again.
他沉思道，世界可能再也回不到从前了。
muse + wh- clause
muse也可接wh-从句，表达对某事的思索。
Connections
Collocations
- muse on something
- 沉思；仔细思考
- She mused on the choices she had made.她仔细思考着自己做出的选择。
- muse aloud
- 自言自语地沉思；若有所思地说
- He mused aloud about the possibility of moving abroad.他自言自语地琢磨着移居国外的可能性。
- muse that
- 若有所思地说；思索道
- She mused that the old house must have many stories.她若有所思地说，那栋老房子一定有很多故事。
Pop culture & quotes
- I muse on the work of thy hands.
- 我默想你手所做的工。（《圣经·诗篇》143:5）She mused on the strange coincidence for a long time.她长时间思考着这个奇怪的巧合。
- My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned.
- 我心中火热，我默想的时候，火就烧起来。（《圣经·诗篇》39:3）He sat by the window, musing about what to do next.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
muse 中含有 use，提醒你遇事先“用”脑深思熟虑，再行动：这就是沉思。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：文学性叙述、书面表达 作动词表示“沉思、冥想”或“若有所思地说”时，通常用于文学或较正式的书面语，日常口语中较少出现，可用 think 或 ponder 等词替代。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 muse /mjuːz/ 押韵的词包括 fuse /fjuːz/、bruise /bruːz/、choose /tʃuːz/、lose /luːz/、whose /huːz/，它们都以 /uːz/ 结尾（fuse 和 muse 还共享 -use 拼写）。注意 mouse /maʊs/ 拼写相似但读音不同，不要混淆。
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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