ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
İngilizce
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
FIIL
C1
FORMAL
1
Kullanım kalıbı:
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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
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.
Sık yapılan hata:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Anlam
think deeply for a long time
Eşdizimler
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
Eş anlamlılar
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.)
Zıt anlamlılar
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Konular
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Tanım
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.
FIIL
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Kullanım kalıbı:
[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.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Sık yapılan hata:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Anlam
chew cud (as some animals do)
Eşdizimler
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Eş anlamlılar
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Zıt anlamlılar
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Konular
animals
|biology
|food
Tanım
(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.
Dil bilgisi
Sözlük biçimi
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Heceler ve vurgu
ru - min - ate (3 hece)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Kelime biçimleri
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
İfadeler
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Örnekler
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- 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
Örnekler
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Öğrenenler için örnekler
- She ruminated over the decision.