ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Engelsk
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
UDSAGNSORD
C1
FORMAL
1
Brugsmønster:
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.
Læringseksempler
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.
Typisk fejl:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Betydning
think deeply for a long time
Ordforbindelser
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
Synonymer
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.)
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brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Antonymer
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Temaer
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Definition
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.
UDSAGNSORD
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Brugsmønster:
[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.
Læringseksempler
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Typisk fejl:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Betydning
chew cud (as some animals do)
Ordforbindelser
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Synonymer
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Antonymer
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Temaer
animals
|biology
|food
Definition
(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.
Grammatik
Opslagsform
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Stavelser og tryk
ru - min - ate (3 stavelser)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Ordformer
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Udtryk
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Eksempler
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Læringseksempler
- 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
Eksempler
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Læringseksempler
- She ruminated over the decision.