ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
英語
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
動詞
C1
FORMAL
1
用法パターン：
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.
学習者向け例文
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.
よくある間違い：
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
意味
think deeply for a long time
コロケーション
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
類義語
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.)
対義語
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
テーマ
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
定義
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.
動詞
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
用法パターン：
[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.
学習者向け例文
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
よくある間違い：
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
意味
chew cud (as some animals do)
コロケーション
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
類義語
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
対義語
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
テーマ
animals
|biology
|food
定義
(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.
文法
辞書形
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
音節・強勢
ru - min - ate （3音節）
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
活用形
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
表現
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
例文
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
学習者向け例文
- 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
例文
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
学習者向け例文
- She ruminated over the decision.