ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
ఆంగ్లం
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
క్రియ
C1
FORMAL
1
వాడుక నమూనా:
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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
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.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
అర్థం
think deeply for a long time
పదకలయికలు
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
పర్యాయపదాలు
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.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
విషయాలు
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
నిర్వచనం
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.
క్రియ
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
వాడుక నమూనా:
[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.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
సాధారణ తప్పు:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
అర్థం
chew cud (as some animals do)
పదకలయికలు
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
పర్యాయపదాలు
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
విరుద్ధపదాలు
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
విషయాలు
animals
|biology
|food
నిర్వచనం
(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.
వ్యాకరణం
నిఘంటు రూపం
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
అక్షరఖండాలు & ఒత్తు
ru - min - ate (3 అక్షరఖండాలు)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
పద రూపాలు
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
పదప్రయోగాలు
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
ఉదాహరణలు
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- 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
ఉదాహరణలు
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
అభ్యాసకుల ఉదాహరణలు
- She ruminated over the decision.