ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Αγγλικά
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
ΡΉΜΑ
C1
FORMAL
1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
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.
Συχνό λάθος:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Σημασία
think deeply for a long time
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
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
Συνώνυμα
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
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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.)
Αντώνυμα
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Θέματα
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Ορισμός
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.
ΡΉΜΑ
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
[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.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Συχνό λάθος:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Σημασία
chew cud (as some animals do)
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Συνώνυμα
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Αντώνυμα
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Θέματα
animals
|biology
|food
Ορισμός
(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.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
ru - min - ate (3 συλλαβές)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Τύποι λέξης
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Εκφράσεις
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Παραδείγματα
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- 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
Παραδείγματα
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
- She ruminated over the decision.