ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Английски
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
ГЛАГОЛ
C1
FORMAL
1
Модел на употреба:
ruminate (on/over) [something]
After the meeting, he went for a walk to ruminate on the feedback.
Az értekezlet után elment sétálni, hogy eltöprengjen a visszajelzésen.
She kept ruminating over her reply and ended up sending nothing.
Folyton a válaszán rágódott, és végül semmit sem küldött el.
It’s easy to ruminate on past mistakes, but it rarely helps.
Примери за учащи
I ruminated on my choices all night.
Egész éjjel a döntéseimen töprengtem.
Try not to ruminate over small problems.
Próbálj meg nem rágódni apró problémákon.
Честа грешка:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Значение
think deeply for a long time
Колокации
ruminate on the past
|ruminate on a decision
|ruminate over a problem
|ruminate on what happened
|sit and ruminate
|lie awake ruminating
|quietly ruminate
|ruminate endlessly
|ruminate at length
|ruminate about mistakes
Синоними
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
|
mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
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reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
|
brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Антоними
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Теми
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Определение
to think about something deeply for a long time
To think carefully and for a long time about something, often turning it over repeatedly in your mind.
ГЛАГОЛ
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Модел на употреба:
[animal] ruminates
Cows often ruminate for hours each day.
A tehenek gyakran naponta órákon át kérődznek.
You can see the sheep ruminating quietly in the pasture.
Láthatod, ahogy a juhok csendben kérődznek a legelőn.
Deer may ruminate in a safe spot after feeding.
Примери за учащи
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Честа грешка:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Значение
chew cud (as some animals do)
Колокации
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Синоними
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Антоними
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Теми
animals
|biology
|food
Определение
(of some animals) to chew food again after swallowing it
(Of cattle, sheep, and similar animals) to bring partly digested food back up from the stomach and chew it again.
Граматика
Речникова форма
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Срички и ударение
ru - min - ate (3 срички)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Форми на думата
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Изрази
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Примери
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Примери за учащи
- I ruminated on my exam results.
ruminate over [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈoʊvɚ sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
turn something over in your mind
to keep thinking about something again and again
Примери
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Примери за учащи
- She ruminated over the decision.