amuse

B2 CET-4 高中 FREQ #12123 ★☆☆☆☆

vt. 消遣, 娱乐, 使发笑

发音

其它 /əˈmjuːz/

词形变化

amused amuses 三单 amuses amusest amuseth amusing amusing 现在分词 amused 过去式 amused 过去分词

别名

ammuse amuze

教材释义与例句

动词

娱乐；消遣；使发笑；使愉快

to make time pass in an enjoyable way, so that you do not get bored

Doing jigsaws would amuse Amy for hours on end.

拼图能让埃米连续玩上几个小时。

The kids amused themselves playing hide-and-seek.

孩子们玩捉迷藏玩。

释义与例句

v. B2
  1. 1.

    To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (someone) with pleasing emotions.

    及物

    I watch these movies because they amuse me.

    It always amuses me to hear the funny stories why people haven't got a ticket, but I never let them get in without paying.

  2. 2.

    To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.

    及物

    His jokes rarely fail to amuse me.

  3. 3.

    To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.

    古体 及物
  4. 4.

    To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.

    古体 及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

divert disport

上位词 4

cheer entertain cheer up jolly along

下位词 1

convulse

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Old French muser Old French amuserbor. Middle English *amusen English amuse From Late Middle English *amusen (“to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on”), from Old French amuser (“to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought”), from a- + muser (“to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to”), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa (“idle waiting”), Italian musare (“to gape idly about”). Possibly from Old French *mus (“snout”) from Vulgar Latin *mūsa (“snout”) — compare Medieval Latin mūsum (“muzzle, snout”) –, from Proto-Germanic *mū- (“muzzle, snout”), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- (“lips, muzzle”). Compare North Frisian müs, mös (“mouth”), German Maul (“muzzle, snout”). Alternative etymology connects muser and musa with Frankish *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”), from Proto-Germanic *mōtǭ (“leave, permission”), from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to acquire, possess, control”). This would make it a cognate of Dutch musen (“to leisure”), Old High German *muoza (“careful attention, leisure, idleness”) and muozōn (“to be idle, have leisure or opportunity”), German Muße (“leisure”). More at empty.

来源：wiktionary