ruminate

英 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

美 [ˈruːmɪneɪt]

v.  沉思; 认真思考

过去式：ruminated　现在分词：ruminating　第三人称单数：ruminates　过去分词：ruminated　

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BNC.22105 / COCA.22163

牛津词典

verb

• 沉思；认真思考
  to think deeply about sth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
  If youruminate onsomething, you think about it very carefully.
  1. He ruminated on the terrible wastage that typified American life...
     他认真地考虑了美国生活中典型的严重浪费问题。
  2. Obsessional personalities commonly ruminate excessively about death.
     有强迫症的人通常过多地思考死亡的问题。
• VERB （动物）反刍
  When animalsruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
  1. He wanted to have a look at the two oxen, both ruminating without raising their eyes.
     他想看看那两头牛，它们都在反刍，眼睛都不抬一下。

英英释义

verb

• reflect deeply on a subject
  1. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
  2. philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
  3. The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
  Synonym:chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overspeculate
• chew the cuds
  1. cows ruminate

双语例句

• Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate.
  毁灭这样教我思考默发。
• With some luck, Greece will ruminate in the future about how it stuck to a narrow path in the early 21st century, and found honour and vindication for its labours.
  如果运气好的话，希腊可以在未来冥思在21世纪之初是如何困于狭路，并为自己经历的艰辛找回荣誉，证明这些艰辛都是值得的。
• As people grow older, they begin to ruminate on the uncertainty of life.
  随着年龄的增长，人们开始对生活的变化无常冥思苦想。
• Those who have a definite goal and do not need time to ruminate and explore will find little to complain about on a one-year course.
  那些有明确的目标、不需要时间来琢磨和思考的人会发现，一年制课程没有什么可抱怨的。
• Straw was the main by-product of crops and it was the important feed resource of the ruminate animal.
  秸秆是农作物的主要副产品，又是牛、羊等反刍动物的重要饲料资源。
• Nixon went to ruminate about how Brezhnev understood American power and Nixon in particular.
  尼克松接着又追述勃列日涅夫怎样理解美国的力量，特别是尼克松的力量。
• 'People don't self-distance naturally; when they become angry, they naturally ruminate on it,' says Brad J. Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at Ohio State and one of the study's co-authors.
  俄亥俄州立大学传播学和心理学教授、该研究报告作者之一布什曼（BradJ.Bushman）说，人们不会自然地进行自我疏离；当他们生气时，会很自然地沉迷于自己的情绪当中。
• In the process, it was measured how much the students worry, ruminate or obsess about something& three measures by which repetitive negative thinking is gauged.
  在此过程中，测量了学生们到底有多担心，忧虑或者困扰于某些事情&这是三种主要的反复出现的消极情绪。
• The cow began to ruminate after eating up grass.
  牛吃完草后开始反刍。
• The results showed that the introduced goats intake feeds and walk in daytime, ruminate, sleep, stand and lie down at night.
  研究结果表明，采食和游走行为发生在白天，反刍、睡眠、站立和躺卧多在夜间。