muse

• n. 瞑想
• vt.熟考する；思索的に話す
• vi.熟考する；見つめる

ギリシャ語のMousa（ミューズ）、PIE*men（考える、熟考する）に由来し、語源的にはmind（心）、mentor（指導者）と同じ。また、思索の意味はラテン語のmusum（鼻）に由来するという説もある。muzzle（鼻口部）と語源が同じで、もともとは犬が鼻を空中に出して匂いをかぐことを指し、風刺的な人々が考えるふりをしてさまよい、あたかも考えているかのようである。

muse (v.)

"to reflect, to be absorbed in thought," mid-14c., from Old French muser (12c.) "to ponder, dream, wonder; loiter, waste time," literally "to stand with one's nose in the air" (or, possibly, "to sniff about" like a dog who has lost the scent), from muse "muzzle," from Gallo-Roman *musa "snout," of unknown origin. Probably influenced in sense by muse (n.). Related: Mused; musing.

muse (n.)

late 14c., protectors of the arts, from Old French Muse and directly from Latin Musa, from Greek Mousa, "the Muse," also "music, song," from PIE root *men- "to think, remember" (see mind (n.)). Meaning "inspiring goddess of a particular poet" is from late 14c. The traditional names and specialties of the nine Muses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, are: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry, lyric art), Euterpe (music, especially flute), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), Urania (astronomy).

1. His muse had deserted him,and he could no longer write.

彼はもう霊感がなくて、もう書くことができません。

2.However difficult she might have been，this book exalts her as both mother and muse .

彼女は付き合いにくいかもしれないが、この本は彼女を母であり詩人であると高く評価している。

3.Once she was a nude model and muse to French artist Henri Matisse.

フランスの画家ヘンリー?マティスのマネキンと霊感の女神だった。

4.Many of the papers muse on the fate of the President.

多くの新聞が大統領の運命を推測している。

5.She muse have been beautiful and is still well-looked.

彼女は昔はさぞかし美しかっただろうが、今でも美しい。