ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Anglų
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
VEIKSMAŽODIS
C1
FORMAL
1
Vartosenos šablonas:
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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
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.
Dažna klaida:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Reikšmė
think deeply for a long time
Kolokacijos
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
Sinonimai
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.)
Antonimai
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Temos
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Apibrėžimas
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.
VEIKSMAŽODIS
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Vartosenos šablonas:
[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.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Dažna klaida:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Reikšmė
chew cud (as some animals do)
Kolokacijos
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Sinonimai
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Antonimai
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Temos
animals
|biology
|food
Apibrėžimas
(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.
Gramatika
Pagrindinė forma
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Skiemenys ir kirčiavimas
ru - min - ate (3 skiemenys)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Žodžio formos
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Posakiai
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Pavyzdžiai
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- 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
Pavyzdžiai
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Mokymuisi skirti pavyzdžiai
- She ruminated over the decision.