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

• A positive aspect of living in isolation was that I had ample time in which to ruminate over the meaning of words and precepts that I had known and accepted all my life.
  如果说被拘禁在家有什么好处的话，那就是我有了充裕的时间来反思我一生中所了解和接受的词汇和观点的意义。
• 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。
• Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate.
  毁灭这样教我思考默发。
• However, new research is showing that some people only get worse by continuing to brood and ruminate.
  不过，最新的研究显示，有些人在反复回想之后，反而变得更糟了。
• 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。
• He would ruminate, writing out the issues on his yellow pad.
  他会冥思苦想把问题写在他的黄色拍纸本上的。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't over-generalise ('I can never hold down a relationship '), jump to conclusions ('I'll never finish this job') or ruminate endlessly.
  不要过分概括（比如想“我永远都控制不好这种关系”），不要妄下定论（比如想“这工作永远都做不完”），也不要总是不停地思考某件事。
• 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。