ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Engelska
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
VERB
C1
FORMAL
1
Användningsmönster:
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.
Exempel för inlärare
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.
Vanligt misstag:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Betydelse
think deeply for a long time
Ordkombinationer
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.)
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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.)
Antonymer
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Teman
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.
VERB
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Användningsmönster:
[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.
Exempel för inlärare
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Vanligt misstag:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Betydelse
chew cud (as some animals do)
Ordkombinationer
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.)
Teman
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
Grundform
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Stavelser och betoning
ru - min - ate (3 stavelser)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Ordformer
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Uttryck
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Exempel
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Exempel för inlärare
- 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
Exempel
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Exempel för inlärare
- She ruminated over the decision.