ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
Anh
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
ĐỘNG TỪ
C1
FORMAL
1
Mẫu sử dụng:
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.
Ví dụ cho người học
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.
Lỗi thường gặp:
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
Nghĩa
think deeply for a long time
Cụm từ đi kèm
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
Từ đồng nghĩa
ponder (Neutral and fairly formal; focuses on careful thought.)
|
mull over (More conversational; suggests thinking something over repeatedly.)
|
reflect (Often calmer and less stuck than ruminate.)
|
brood (More negative; suggests gloomy, obsessive thinking.)
Từ trái nghĩa
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
Chủ đề
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
Định nghĩa
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.
ĐỘNG TỪ
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
Mẫu sử dụng:
[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.
Ví dụ cho người học
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
Lỗi thường gặp:
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
Nghĩa
chew cud (as some animals do)
Cụm từ đi kèm
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
Từ đồng nghĩa
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
Từ trái nghĩa
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
Chủ đề
animals
|biology
|food
Định nghĩa
(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.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
ru - min - ate (3 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
Các dạng từ
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
Cách diễn đạt
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
Ví dụ
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
Ví dụ cho người học
- 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
Ví dụ
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
Ví dụ cho người học
- She ruminated over the decision.