ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
אנגלית
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
פועל
C1
FORMAL
1
תבנית שימוש:
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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
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.
טעות נפוצה:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
משמעות
think deeply for a long time
צירופים
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
מילים נרדפות
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.)
הפכים
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
נושאים
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
הגדרה
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.
פועל
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
תבנית שימוש:
[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.
דוגמאות ללומדים
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
טעות נפוצה:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
משמעות
chew cud (as some animals do)
צירופים
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
מילים נרדפות
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
הפכים
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
נושאים
animals
|biology
|food
הגדרה
(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.
דקדוק
צורת המילון
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
הברות והטעמה
ru - min - ate (3 הברות)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
צורות המילה
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
ביטויים
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
דוגמאות
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- 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
דוגמאות
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
דוגמאות ללומדים
- She ruminated over the decision.