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心猿意马原为佛教用语。以猿腾马奔比喻凡心无常、无定而又多变。后用以比喻心思不专变化不定。例卓定深沉莫测量心猿意马罢颠狂。——《敦煌变文集维摩诘经讲经文又双》英restless and whimsical; be fanciful and fickle; in a capricious and jumpy wood;