ruminate基本解释
v.深思;沉思;反刍
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形容词: ruminative 副词: ruminatively 名词: ruminator 过去式: ruminated 过去分词: ruminated 现在分词: ruminating 第三人称单数: ruminates
基本词汇
v.深思;沉思;反刍
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形容词: ruminative 副词: ruminatively 名词: ruminator 过去式: ruminated 过去分词: ruminated 现在分词: ruminating 第三人称单数: ruminates
verb
1. reflect deeply on a subject
e.g. I mulled over the events of the afternoon
philosophers have speculated on the question of God for thousands of years
The scientist must stop to observe and start to excogitate
Synonym: chew overthink overmeditateponderexcogitatecontemplatemusereflectmullmull overspeculate
2. chew the cuds
e.g. cows ruminate
1. 沉思;琢磨;认真考虑
If you ruminate on something, you think about it very carefully.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
2. (动物)反刍
When animals ruminate, they bring food back from their stomach into their mouth and chew it again.
e.g. 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。
1. ruminate
1. 反刍, 沉思:pillage 掠夺 | ruminate 反刍, 沉思 | rudimentary 根本的, 未发展的
2. 沉思:erudite博学的 | ruminate沉思 | -rumi(入迷)
3. ruminate的近义词
3. 沈思:ruffle#使皱 | ruminate#沈思 | saddle#使负担
They found Cassidy..ruminating over a glass of beer.
出自:J. Symons