ruminate
gb/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/ us/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
C1
英语
töpreng, rágódik, kérődzik
动词
C1
FORMAL
1
用法模式：
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.
学习者例句
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.
常见错误：
Don’t use it for quick decisions; it usually implies long, repeated thinking.
含义
think deeply for a long time
搭配
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
近义词
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.)
反义词
dismiss (To decide something is not worth thinking about further.)
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forget (To stop thinking about it altogether.)
主题
thinking
|emotions
|mental_processes
释义
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.
动词
C2
TECHNICAL
2
kérődzik
B2
用法模式：
[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.
学习者例句
Cows ruminate after they eat.
A tehenek evés után kérődznek.
常见错误：
In everyday English, this meaning is much less common than the “think deeply” meaning.
含义
chew cud (as some animals do)
搭配
ruminating animals
|cows ruminate
|sheep ruminate
|ruminate for hours
|stand ruminating
|ruminate in the field
近义词
chew the cud (Common phrase for the same animal behavior.)
反义词
swallow (Opposite action of chewing; not bringing food back up to chew again.)
主题
animals
|biology
|food
释义
(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.
语法
词典原形
ruminate
IPA
GB/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
US/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt/
音节与重音
ru - min - ate （3 个音节）
Stress on 1st syllable (ru)
词形变化
Verb
- Base: ruminate
- 3rd Person Singular: ruminates
- Present Participle: ruminating
- Past: ruminated
相关表达
ruminate on [something]
1/ɹˈumɪnˌeɪt ˈɔn sˈʌmθɪŋ/
fixed phrase
formal
think carefully about something
to think about something deeply for a long time
例句
- She ruminated on his comment all weekend.
- He sat by the window, ruminating on his next move.
学习者例句
- 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
例句
- They ruminated over the offer before accepting it.
- I spent the whole train ride ruminating over the conversation.
学习者例句
- She ruminated over the decision.