ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
อังกฤษ
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
คำกริยา
C1
FORMAL
1
รูปแบบการใช้:
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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
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.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
ความหมาย
think deeply for a long time
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
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
คำพ้องความหมาย
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.)
คำตรงข้าม
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
หัวข้อ
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
คำจำกัดความ
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.
คำกริยา
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
รูปแบบการใช้:
[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.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
ข้อผิดพลาดที่พบบ่อย:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
ความหมาย
chew cud (as some animals do)
คำที่ใช้ร่วมกัน
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
คำพ้องความหมาย
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
คำตรงข้าม
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
หัวข้อ
animals
|biology
|food
คำจำกัดความ
(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.
ไวยากรณ์
รูปคำในพจนานุกรม
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
พยางค์และการเน้นเสียง
ru - min - ate (3 พยางค์)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
รูปคำ
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
วลีและสำนวน
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
ตัวอย่าง
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- 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
ตัวอย่าง
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
ตัวอย่างสำหรับผู้เรียน
- She ruminated over the decision.