amuse基本信息
读法：英 [ə"mjuːz] 美 [ə"mjuz]
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英英释义
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中英词源
amuse 娱乐
前缀a-同ad-. muse, 沉思，思考。古义指不用干话，有时间思考学习，现指有时间休闲娱乐。比较sport, 古义不用干活，现指有时间运动。school, 古义不用干活，现指有时间读书。
- amuse
- amuse: [15] Amuse is probably a French creation, formed with the prefix a- from the verb muser (from which English gets muse ‘ponder’ [14]). The current meaning ‘divert, entertain’ did not begin to emerge until the 17th century, and even so the commonest application of the verb in the 17th and 18th centuries was ‘deceive, cheat’. This seems to have developed from an earlier ‘bewilder, puzzle’, pointing back to an original sense ‘make someone stare open-mouthed’.
This links with the probable source of muser, namely muse ‘animal’s mouth’, from medieval Latin mūsum (which gave English muzzle [15]). There is no connection with the inspirational muse, responsible for music and museums.
=> muse, muzzle - amuse (v.)
- late 15c., "to divert the attention, beguile, delude," from Middle French amuser "divert, cause to muse," from a "at, to" (but here probably a causal prefix) + muser "ponder, stare fixedly" (see muse (v.)). Sense of "divert from serious business, tickle the fancy of" is recorded from 1630s, but through 18c. the primary meaning was "deceive, cheat" by first occupying the attention. Bemuse retains more of the original meaning. Related: Amused; amusing.
词态变化
第三人称单数 amuses;
过去式 amused;
过去分词 amused;
现在分词 amusing;
权威造句
- 1. Their antics never fail to amuse.
- 他们滑稽的举止总是让人发笑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could amuse us for hours with his stories of the theater.
- 他能接连几小时地为我们讲戏剧故事逗我们发笑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. Tom makes up stories to amuse his little brother.
- 汤姆编故事逗他的小弟弟.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They sang songs to amuse themselves during the break.
- 休息时,大家一起唱唱歌,娱乐娱乐.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. How do you amuse yourself in rainy weather?
- 你在雨天怎样消遣?
来自《简明英汉词典》
近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些动词均含有“使人娱乐，消遣”之意。amuse指使人通过注意某些有趣或悦人的事物而消遣，着重使人愉快的效果。
entertain指通过给他人快乐感的消遣活动，使自己或他人从单调中解脱出来。
interest普通用词，指出于任何原因使人兴奋或对某事物保持好奇心或注意力，侧重引起兴趣或注意。
please多指愿望、兴趣得到满足后产生的强烈满意情绪。
记忆方法
【记】muse 缪斯 文艺音乐诗歌女神，尤其是音乐；文艺是拿来娱乐的。
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